diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ab2eaf4dd..933cbd8d6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ver 0.16.6 (2010/??/??)
+
+
 ver 0.16.5 (2010/10/09)
 * configure.ac
   - disable assertions in the non-debugging build
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0ef99704e..c47c6d9e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.5, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16.6~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)