diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d4537ab6..3d1cadc3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([config/m4])
 
 PACKAGE=elinks
-VERSION=0.16.0
+VERSION=0.17.GIT
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE)
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE", [Package version])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9e5b9d5e..d0d6652a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('elinks', ['c','cpp'], version:'0.16.0', license:'GPLv2', default_options:['cpp_std=gnu++17'])
+project('elinks', ['c','cpp'], version:'0.17.GIT', license:'GPLv2', default_options:['cpp_std=gnu++17'])
 srcs=[]
 
 srcdir = meson.source_root()