diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index f1724c0d0..9152691d6 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+libpng 1.6.37.git
+=================
+
+This is a development version, not intended to be a public release.
+It will be replaced by a public release, or by another development
+version, at a later time.
+
+
 libpng 1.6.36 - December 1, 2018
 ================================
 
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index bdd448065..fbb437c5e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6090,6 +6090,8 @@ Version 1.6.36 [December 1, 2018]
   information.
   Applied various code style and documentation fixes.
 
+Version 1.6.37 [TODO]
+
 Send comments/corrections/commendations to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net
 (subscription required; visit
 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/png-mng-implement
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 73044c967..ab59eb944 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ enable_testing()
 
 set(PNGLIB_MAJOR 1)
 set(PNGLIB_MINOR 6)
-set(PNGLIB_RELEASE 36)
+set(PNGLIB_RELEASE 37)
 set(PNGLIB_NAME libpng${PNGLIB_MAJOR}${PNGLIB_MINOR})
 set(PNGLIB_VERSION ${PNGLIB_MAJOR}.${PNGLIB_MINOR}.${PNGLIB_RELEASE})
 
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ endif()
 # SET UP LINKS
 if(PNG_SHARED)
   set_target_properties(png PROPERTIES
-#   VERSION 16.${PNGLIB_RELEASE}.1.6.36
+#   VERSION 16.${PNGLIB_RELEASE}.1.6.37.git
     VERSION 16.${PNGLIB_RELEASE}.0
     SOVERSION 16
     CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1)
diff --git a/README b/README
index e41e0f549..2bb741cc1 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-README for libpng version 1.6.36 - December 1, 2018
-===================================================
+README for libpng version 1.6.37.git
+====================================
 
 See the note about version numbers near the top of png.h.
 See INSTALL for instructions on how to install libpng.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4c8a35e0c..06e0b7160 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for libpng 1.6.36.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for libpng 1.6.37.git.
 #
 # Report bugs to <png-mng-implement@lists.sourceforge.net>.
 #
@@ -590,8 +590,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='libpng'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='libpng'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.36'
-PACKAGE_STRING='libpng 1.6.36'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='1.6.37.git'
+PACKAGE_STRING='libpng 1.6.37.git'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='png-mng-implement@lists.sourceforge.net'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures libpng 1.6.36 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures libpng 1.6.37.git to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libpng 1.6.36:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of libpng 1.6.37.git:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-libpng configure 1.6.36
+libpng configure 1.6.37.git
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by libpng $as_me 1.6.36, which was
+It was created by libpng $as_me 1.6.37.git, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='libpng'
- VERSION='1.6.36'
+ VERSION='1.6.37.git'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2946,10 +2946,10 @@ fi
 
 
 
-PNGLIB_VERSION=1.6.36
+PNGLIB_VERSION=1.6.37.git
 PNGLIB_MAJOR=1
 PNGLIB_MINOR=6
-PNGLIB_RELEASE=36
+PNGLIB_RELEASE=37
 
 
 
@@ -14354,7 +14354,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by libpng $as_me 1.6.36, which was
+This file was extended by libpng $as_me 1.6.37.git, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -14420,7 +14420,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-libpng config.status 1.6.36
+libpng config.status 1.6.37.git
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ed63eae7..86bc0b376 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.68])
 
 dnl Version number stuff here:
 
-AC_INIT([libpng],[1.6.36],[png-mng-implement@lists.sourceforge.net])
+AC_INIT([libpng],[1.6.37.git],[png-mng-implement@lists.sourceforge.net])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([scripts])
 
 # libpng does not follow GNU file name conventions (hence 'foreign')
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ dnl automake, so the following is not necessary (and is not defined anyway):
 dnl AM_PREREQ([1.11.2])
 dnl stop configure from automagically running automake
 
-PNGLIB_VERSION=1.6.36
+PNGLIB_VERSION=1.6.37.git
 PNGLIB_MAJOR=1
 PNGLIB_MINOR=6
-PNGLIB_RELEASE=36
+PNGLIB_RELEASE=37
 
 dnl End of version number stuff
 
diff --git a/png.c b/png.c
index 3dce191d1..44c660ecc 100644
--- a/png.c
+++ b/png.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "pngpriv.h"
 
 /* Generate a compiler error if there is an old png.h in the search path. */
-typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_36 Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_36;
+typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_37_git Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_37_git;
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 /* The version tests may need to be added to, but the problem warning has
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ png_get_copyright(png_const_structrp png_ptr)
    return PNG_STRING_COPYRIGHT
 #else
    return PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
-      "libpng version 1.6.36" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
+      "libpng version 1.6.37.git" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
       "Copyright (c) 2018 Cosmin Truta" PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
       "Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2004,2006-2018 Glenn Randers-Pehrson" \
       PNG_STRING_NEWLINE \
diff --git a/png.h b/png.h
index 8e272a055..6727bbe24 100644
--- a/png.h
+++ b/png.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /* png.h - header file for PNG reference library
  *
- * libpng version 1.6.36 - December 1, 2018
+ * libpng version 1.6.37.git
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2018 Cosmin Truta
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2004,2006-2018 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@
  */
 
 /* Version information for png.h - this should match the version in png.c */
-#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING "1.6.36"
-#define PNG_HEADER_VERSION_STRING " libpng version 1.6.36 - December 1, 2018\n"
+#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING "1.6.37.git"
+#define PNG_HEADER_VERSION_STRING " libpng version 1.6.37.git\n"
 
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_SONUM   16
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_DLLNUM  16
@@ -286,13 +286,12 @@
 /* These should match the first 3 components of PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING: */
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR   1
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MINOR   6
-#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_RELEASE 36
+#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_RELEASE 37
 
-/* This should match the numeric part of the final component of
- * PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, omitting any leading zero:
+/* This should be zero for a public release, or non-zero for a
+ * development version.  [Deprecated]
  */
-
-#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_BUILD  0
+#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_BUILD  1
 
 /* Release Status */
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_ALPHA    1
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_SPECIAL 32 /* Cannot be OR'ed with
                                        PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_PRIVATE */
 
-#define PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_BASE_TYPE PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_STABLE
+#define PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_BASE_TYPE PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_BETA
 
 /* Careful here.  At one time, Guy wanted to use 082, but that
  * would be octal.  We must not include leading zeros.
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@
  * From version 1.0.1 it is:
  * XXYYZZ, where XX=major, YY=minor, ZZ=release
  */
-#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER 10636 /* 1.6.36 */
+#define PNG_LIBPNG_VER 10637 /* 1.6.37 */
 
 /* Library configuration: these options cannot be changed after
  * the library has been built.
@@ -428,7 +427,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* This triggers a compiler error in png.c, if png.c and png.h
  * do not agree upon the version number.
  */
-typedef char* png_libpng_version_1_6_36;
+typedef char* png_libpng_version_1_6_37_git;
 
 /* Basic control structions.  Read libpng-manual.txt or libpng.3 for more info.
  *
diff --git a/pngconf.h b/pngconf.h
index 5e641b250..35a4ebbd8 100644
--- a/pngconf.h
+++ b/pngconf.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /* pngconf.h - machine configurable file for libpng
  *
- * libpng version 1.6.36
+ * libpng version 1.6.37.git
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2018 Cosmin Truta
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2004,2006-2016,2018 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
diff --git a/pngtest.c b/pngtest.c
index f27e91eb8..e196fdaf5 100644
--- a/pngtest.c
+++ b/pngtest.c
@@ -2153,4 +2153,4 @@ main(void)
 #endif
 
 /* Generate a compiler error if there is an old png.h in the search path. */
-typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_36 Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_36;
+typedef png_libpng_version_1_6_37_git Your_png_h_is_not_version_1_6_37_git;
diff --git a/scripts/libpng-config-head.in b/scripts/libpng-config-head.in
index 985271af4..acb8144c2 100644
--- a/scripts/libpng-config-head.in
+++ b/scripts/libpng-config-head.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # Modeled after libxml-config.
 
-version=1.6.36
+version=1.6.37.git
 prefix=""
 libdir=""
 libs=""
diff --git a/scripts/libpng.pc.in b/scripts/libpng.pc.in
index 2f7492397..81ccdb845 100644
--- a/scripts/libpng.pc.in
+++ b/scripts/libpng.pc.in
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ includedir=@includedir@/libpng16
 
 Name: libpng
 Description: Loads and saves PNG files
-Version: 1.6.36
+Version: 1.6.37.git
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lpng16
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.cegcc b/scripts/makefile.cegcc
index 60fb113cf..6f915c2bf 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.cegcc
+++ b/scripts/makefile.cegcc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 VERMAJ = 1
 VERMIN = 6
-VERMIC = 36
+VERMIC = 37
 VER = $(VERMAJ).$(VERMIN).$(VERMIC)
 NAME = libpng
 PACKAGE = $(NAME)-$(VER)
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.linux b/scripts/makefile.linux
index 32eb859b0..f2d8beae2 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.linux
+++ b/scripts/makefile.linux
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Library name:
 LIBNAME = libpng16
 PNGMAJ = 16
-RELEASE = 36
+RELEASE = 37
 
 # Shared library names:
 LIBSO=$(LIBNAME).so
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.linux-opt b/scripts/makefile.linux-opt
index 76f6d1afc..327151f0e 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.linux-opt
+++ b/scripts/makefile.linux-opt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Library name:
 LIBNAME = libpng16
 PNGMAJ = 16
-RELEASE = 36
+RELEASE = 37
 
 # Shared library names:
 LIBSO=$(LIBNAME).so
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.msys b/scripts/makefile.msys
index 2af7a6aeb..ade59b9d5 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.msys
+++ b/scripts/makefile.msys
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ exec_prefix=$(prefix)
 # Library name:
 LIBNAME = libpng16
 PNGMAJ = 16
-RELEASE = 36
+RELEASE = 37
 
 # Shared library names:
 LIBSO=$(LIBNAME).dll
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd b/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd
index d0a6a3764..3dafb3725 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd
+++ b/scripts/makefile.ne12bsd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCSDIR=${LOCALBASE}/include/libpng16
 
 LIB=	png16
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	0
-SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.36
+SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.37.git
 SRCS=	png.c pngset.c pngget.c pngrutil.c pngtrans.c pngwutil.c \
 	pngread.c pngrio.c pngwio.c pngwrite.c pngrtran.c \
 	pngwtran.c pngmem.c pngerror.c pngpread.c
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.netbsd b/scripts/makefile.netbsd
index 589c1f8e5..471ef84da 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.netbsd
+++ b/scripts/makefile.netbsd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCSDIR=${LOCALBASE}/include
 
 LIB=	png
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	16
-SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.36
+SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.37.git
 SRCS=	png.c pngset.c pngget.c pngrutil.c pngtrans.c pngwutil.c \
 	pngread.c pngrio.c pngwio.c pngwrite.c pngrtran.c \
 	pngwtran.c pngmem.c pngerror.c pngpread.c
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.openbsd b/scripts/makefile.openbsd
index 4057b2ee8..95ac96864 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.openbsd
+++ b/scripts/makefile.openbsd
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIBDIR=	${PREFIX}/lib
 MANDIR= ${PREFIX}/man/cat
 
 SHLIB_MAJOR=	16
-SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.36
+SHLIB_MINOR=	1.6.37.git
 
 LIB=	png
 SRCS=	png.c pngerror.c pngget.c pngmem.c pngpread.c \
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
index 00340c678..4ff217ebf 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* pnglibconf.h - library build configuration */
 
-/* libpng version 1.6.36 */
+/* libpng version 1.6.37.git */
 
 /* Copyright (c) 2018 Cosmin Truta */
 /* Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2004,2006-2018 Glenn Randers-Pehrson */