diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 302f501a..4d30f312 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #
 
+
+Version 1.7.5 ()
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
 Version 1.7.4 (January 11th, 2014)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/serendipity_config.inc.php b/serendipity_config.inc.php
index cc49c3a5..e239d058 100644
--- a/serendipity_config.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_config.inc.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ if (defined('USE_MEMSNAP')) {
 }
 
 // The version string
-$serendipity['version']         = '1.7.4';
+$serendipity['version']         = '1.7.5-beta1';
 
 // Setting this to 'false' will enable debugging output. All alpa/beta/cvs snapshot versions will emit debug information by default. To increase the debug level (to enable Smarty debugging), set this flag to 'debug'.
 if (!isset($serendipity['production'])) {