diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de8099318cdc1480f2cd2c06497a7cd374e65495..bedb968d31a75a7c04217b55901083a49f7e38c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased] ##
+
+### Added ###
+
+### Changed ###
+
+### Deprecated ###
+
+### Removed ###
+
+### Fixed ###
+
+### Security ###
+
+### Documentation ###
+
 ## [0.16.0] - 2024-11-13 ##
 
 ### Added ###
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b8a04adefa9d8891c10576a733f53f2fa88b981d..8b0f7ef0baced33cb160ed1fef2d3eb6436ef1d9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 ########################################################################
 
-ISRELEASED = True
+ISRELEASED = False
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 16
-MICRO = 0
+MICRO = 1
 # Do not tag as pre-release until this commit
 # https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/515
 # has made it into a release. Probably we should wait for pypa/packaging>=21.4
diff --git a/src/doc/conf.py b/src/doc/conf.py
index f25ed399575bb208e699476b06f014abe43ee967..80d5e8a25abcbb1a3b72b429a07b628341875805 100644
--- a/src/doc/conf.py
+++ b/src/doc/conf.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ copyright = '2024, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.16.0'
+version = '0.16.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
 # release = '0.5.2-rc2'
-release = '0.16.0'
+release = '0.16.1-dev'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------