diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 121e6635e..842a1ce91 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ver 0.16.1 (2010/??/??)
+
+
 ver 0.16 (2010/12/11)
 * protocol:
   - send song modification time to client
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c57862bf9..18f56779b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.1, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)