diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d268942c..4d420325 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.7 (unreleased)
+------------------------------------------------
+
+ * 
+
+ * Interface changes relative to the 1.1.6 release:
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.6 (2008-01-04)
 ------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -14,6 +24,7 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.6 (2008-01-04)
  gpgme_op_getauditlog            NEW.
  GPGME_AUDITLOG_HTML             NEW.
  GPGME_AUDITLOG_WITH_HELP        NEW.
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.5 (2007-07-09)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 24493196..5847362b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ min_automake_version="1.9.3"
 # 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, [1.1.6])
-m4_define(my_issvn, [no])
+m4_define(my_version, [1.1.7])
+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;}')]))