diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4c2ef4a6d..16f08e216 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ver 0.16.9 (2012/??/??)
+
+
 ver 0.16.8 (2012/04/04)
 * fix for libsamplerate assertion failure
 * decoder:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 47f7291d8..7dd9a6efc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.8, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.9~git, 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)