diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5652a899a1..437905ce04 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ LIBUDEV_CURRENT=7
 LIBUDEV_REVISION=4
 LIBUDEV_AGE=6
 
-LIBSYSTEMD_CURRENT=12
+LIBSYSTEMD_CURRENT=13
 LIBSYSTEMD_REVISION=0
-LIBSYSTEMD_AGE=12
+LIBSYSTEMD_AGE=13
 
 # The following four libraries only exist for compatibility reasons,
 # their version info should not be bumped anymore
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 49862b352d..006aef5e1e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 228:
         Tom Gundersen, Torstein Husebø, Vito Caputo, Zbigniew
         Jędrzejewski-Szmek
 
-        -- Berlin, 2015-11-XX
+        -- Berlin, 2015-11-18
 
 CHANGES WITH 227:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c96b9fb1d9..ec30ff12ae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 
 AC_INIT([systemd],
-        [227],
+        [228],
         [http://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues],
         [systemd],
         [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd])