diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 051f808a9..63014bd40 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+ver 0.19.16 (not yet released)
+
 ver 0.19.15 (2016/04/30)
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: support FFmpeg 3.0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c94c724dd..c05d075ad 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.15, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.19.16, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
 VERSION_MINOR=19
-VERSION_REVISION=15
+VERSION_REVISION=16
 VERSION_EXTRA=0
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/Main.cxx])