diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1c109748..7c11b0f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+v1.3-head 2019-xx-xx  The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
+
 v1.2.0 2019-02-11 The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
 	! Contains all changes from 1.1.2
 	* Improved the /STATUSBAR commands (#858)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c48a6cb..e8290dfd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(irssi, 1.2.0)
+AC_INIT(irssi, 1.3-head)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)