diff --git a/data/gamemoded.8.in b/data/gamemoded.8.in
index 7be585b..ae9712a 100644
--- a/data/gamemoded.8.in
+++ b/data/gamemoded.8.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" Manpage for gamemoded.
 .\" Contact linux-contact@feralinteractive.com to correct errors or typos.
-.TH gamemoded 8 "22 Jan 2020" "1.5" "gamemoded man page"
+.TH gamemoded 8 "22 Jan 2020" "1.6-dev" "gamemoded man page"
 .SH NAME
 gamemoded \- optimises system performance on demand
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/example/archlinux/gamemode-git/PKGBUILD b/example/archlinux/gamemode-git/PKGBUILD
index 87d28c5..52d5351 100644
--- a/example/archlinux/gamemode-git/PKGBUILD
+++ b/example/archlinux/gamemode-git/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Ysblokje <ysblokje at gmail dot com>
 pkgname=('gamemode-git')
-pkgver='1.5'
+pkgver='1.6-dev'
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="GameMode is a daemon/lib combo for Linux that allows games to request a set of optimisations be temporarily applied to the host OS."
 arch=('x86_64')
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d0cea97..29ef68a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
     'gamemode',
     'c',
     default_options : ['c_std=c11', 'warning_level=3'],
-    version: '1.5',
+    version: '1.6-dev',
     license: 'BSD',
 )
 
diff --git a/scripts/mkrelease.sh b/scripts/mkrelease.sh
index 0fa8dc1..37afda9 100755
--- a/scripts/mkrelease.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkrelease.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ git submodule init
 git submodule update
 
 # Bump in tandem with meson.build, run script once new tag is up.
-VERSION="1.5"
+VERSION="1.6-dev"
 
 NAME="gamemode"
 ./scripts/git-archive-all.sh --format tar --prefix ${NAME}-${VERSION}/ --verbose -t HEAD ${NAME}-${VERSION}.tar