diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9a7eac00..d799684f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.14.0 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ * Interface changes relative to the 1.13.1 release:
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.13.1 (2019-06-13)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7bc06048..c71e28b3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 # for the LT versions.
 m4_define([mym4_package],[gpgme])
 m4_define([mym4_major], [1])
-m4_define([mym4_minor], [13])
-m4_define([mym4_micro], [1])
+m4_define([mym4_minor], [14])
+m4_define([mym4_micro], [0])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a