diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 2be4d6b..b16e75e 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ today_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.16.1'
+version = '0.17.dev0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/pygeoapi/__init__.py b/pygeoapi/__init__.py
index 701b000..96a91ce 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/__init__.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #
 # =================================================================
 
-__version__ = '0.16.1'
+__version__ = '0.17.dev0'
 
 import click
 try: