diff --git a/trunk/NEWS b/trunk/NEWS
index c3dd194e..3ae3b99e 100644
--- a/trunk/NEWS
+++ b/trunk/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.7 (2008-10-177)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.7 (unreleased)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.7 release:
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.7 (2008-10-17)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
  * Using GPGME_KEYLIST_MODE_LOCAL combined with
diff --git a/trunk/configure.ac b/trunk/configure.ac
index a20304ad..aae75e41 100644
--- a/trunk/configure.ac
+++ b/trunk/configure.ac
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ min_automake_version="1.10"
 # specific feature can already be done under the assumption that the
 # SVN version is the most recent one in a branch.  To disable the SVN
 # version for the real release, set the my_issvn macro to no.
-m4_define(my_version, [1.1.7])
-m4_define(my_issvn, [no])
+m4_define(my_version, [1.1.8])
+m4_define(my_issvn, [yes])
 
 m4_define([svn_revision], m4_esyscmd([echo -n $( (svn info 2>/dev/null \
             || echo 'Revision: 0')|sed -n '/^Revision:/ {s/[^0-9]//gp;q;}')]))