diff --git a/examples/engine/java/pom.xml b/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
index 576bcdc..373c545 100644
--- a/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/engine/java/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml b/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
index 6e2f0c4..d4f4ccd 100644
--- a/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/messenger/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml b/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
index 8db42ba..f59d846 100644
--- a/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java/reactor/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbc854c..fbfeca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
   <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-  <version>0.16.0</version>
+  <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/proton-c/bindings/python/docs/conf.py b/proton-c/bindings/python/docs/conf.py
index 8ac2a55..6bfc1a6 100644
--- a/proton-c/bindings/python/docs/conf.py
+++ b/proton-c/bindings/python/docs/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.16.0'
+version = '0.16.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.16.0'
+release = '0.16.1-SNAPSHOT'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/proton-j/pom.xml b/proton-j/pom.xml
index 4c2b64f..6731499 100644
--- a/proton-j/pom.xml
+++ b/proton-j/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 4d0be8e..666be64 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.qpid</groupId>
     <artifactId>proton-project</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <description>The Proton python system tests execute against the Java or C implementation, using Maven (via this pom) and CMake/CTest respectively.
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 04a373e..6beaeb3 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.0
+0.16.1-SNAPSHOT