diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 879d1af7..40d5b539 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.10.1 (unreleased)
+-------------------------------------------------
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.10.0 (2017-12-12)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6ea4bcd1..608c376c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 # for the LT versions.
 m4_define(mym4_version_major, [1])
 m4_define(mym4_version_minor, [10])
-m4_define(mym4_version_micro, [0])
+m4_define(mym4_version_micro, [1])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the revision number, the
 # decimalized short revision number, a beta version string, and a flag