diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e3585b8ca..4ebaca70f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.23.16 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.23.15 (2023/12/20)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: fix build failure with FFmpeg 6.1
diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 447a68251..3957d5850 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
           package="org.musicpd"
           android:installLocation="auto"
-          android:versionCode="73"
-          android:versionName="0.23.15">
+          android:versionCode="74"
+          android:versionName="0.23.16">
 
   <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="24" android:targetSdkVersion="30"/>
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8a15274e6..406395d58 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'mpd',
   ['c', 'cpp'],
-  version: '0.23.15',
+  version: '0.23.16',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',