diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 55a4006..70f8a5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,30 @@
 The third digit is only for regressions.
 
 
+16.1.0 (UNRELEASED)
+-------------------
+
+Backward-incompatible changes:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+*none*
+
+
+Deprecations:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+*none*
+
+
+Changes:
+^^^^^^^^
+
+*none*
+
+
+----
+
+
 16.0.0 (2016-03-19)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/src/OpenSSL/version.py b/src/OpenSSL/version.py
index 715051d..5d542d4 100644
--- a/src/OpenSSL/version.py
+++ b/src/OpenSSL/version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "__title__", "__uri__", "__version__",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "16.0.0"
+__version__ = "16.1.0.dev0"
 
 __title__ = "pyOpenSSL"
 __uri__ = "https://pyopenssl.readthedocs.org/"