diff --git a/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index ea6f70ec235..cdecdea9a3a 100644
--- a/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android-project/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 -->
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       package="org.mamedev.mame"
-      android:versionCode="248"
-      android:versionName="0.248"
+      android:versionCode="249"
+      android:versionName="0.249"
       android:installLocation="auto">
 
     <!-- OpenGL ES 2.0 -->
diff --git a/docs/source/advanced/devicemap.rst b/docs/source/advanced/devicemap.rst
index aaf1450d4ab..9cfd88e6c56 100644
--- a/docs/source/advanced/devicemap.rst
+++ b/docs/source/advanced/devicemap.rst
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ such as:
 |     Input: Remapped joystick #2: XInput Player 2 (device id: XInput Player 2)
 |
 
-Note that the devices numbers in the verbose log output are zero-based, while
-the device numbers shown in MAME’s user interface and set in configuration files
-
 
 Limitations
 -----------
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 61f16eb555b..8311d5e4af1 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ copyright = u'1997-2022, MAMEdev and contributors'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.248'
+version = '0.249'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.248'
+release = '0.249'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 67f824a9fcc..8cee176b982 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1579,7 +1579,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq (posix,$(SHELLTYPE))
 $(GENDIR)/version.cpp: makefile $(GENDIR)/git_desc | $(GEN_FOLDERS)
-	@echo '#define BARE_BUILD_VERSION "0.248"' > $@
+	@echo '#define BARE_BUILD_VERSION "0.249"' > $@
 	@echo '#define BARE_VCS_REVISION "$(NEW_GIT_VERSION)"' >> $@
 	@echo 'extern const char bare_build_version[];' >> $@
 	@echo 'extern const char bare_vcs_revision[];' >> $@
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ $(GENDIR)/version.cpp: makefile $(GENDIR)/git_desc | $(GEN_FOLDERS)
 	@echo 'const char build_version[] = BARE_BUILD_VERSION " (" BARE_VCS_REVISION ")";' >> $@
 else
 $(GENDIR)/version.cpp: makefile $(GENDIR)/git_desc | $(GEN_FOLDERS)
-	@echo #define BARE_BUILD_VERSION "0.248" > $@
+	@echo #define BARE_BUILD_VERSION "0.249" > $@
 	@echo #define BARE_VCS_REVISION "$(NEW_GIT_VERSION)" >> $@
 	@echo extern const char bare_build_version[]; >> $@
 	@echo extern const char bare_vcs_revision[]; >> $@