diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f6c2b0d3..b6c994cd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.2 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.1 (2021-01-08)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 628e5fff..0f732c80 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 m4_define([mym4_package],[gpgme])
 m4_define([mym4_major], [1])
 m4_define([mym4_minor], [15])
-m4_define([mym4_micro], [1])
+m4_define([mym4_micro], [2])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a