diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0a09d75c7..0f61a3aa7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.20.16 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.20.15 (2018/01/05)
 * queue: fix crash after seek failure
 * resampler
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 29ee4cf6d..fff32141c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.15, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.20.16, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=20
-VERSION_REVISION=15
+VERSION_REVISION=16
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])