diff --git a/patches/patchinstall.sh b/patches/patchinstall.sh
index ebdc1da4..06e849e4 100755
--- a/patches/patchinstall.sh
+++ b/patches/patchinstall.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ upstream_commit()
 # Show version information
 version()
 {
-	echo "Wine Staging 1.9.13"
+	echo "Wine Staging 1.9.14 (unreleased)"
 	echo "Copyright (C) 2014-2016 the Wine Staging project authors."
 	echo ""
 	echo "Patchset to be applied on upstream Wine:"
diff --git a/precommit-hook.sh b/precommit-hook.sh
index 442492fd..a6b69ca7 100755
--- a/precommit-hook.sh
+++ b/precommit-hook.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ if git status --porcelain "patches" | grep -v "^.\\?.*\\.py$" | grep "^.[^ ]" &>
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+if ! git status --porcelain "staging/VERSION" | grep "^M." &> /dev/null; then
+	perl -i -pe 's/(\d+)$/($1 + 1)." (unreleased)"/e' "staging/VERSION"
+	git add "staging/VERSION"
+fi
+
 git diff --cached --name-status | while read status file; do
 	if [[ "$file" =~ ^patches/ ]] || [[ "$file" =~ ^staging/ ]]; then
 		warning "UPDATING AUTOGENERATED FILES"
diff --git a/staging/VERSION b/staging/VERSION
index 6b94ddd5..6cea84dd 100644
--- a/staging/VERSION
+++ b/staging/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Wine Staging 1.9.13
+Wine Staging 1.9.14 (unreleased)