diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a0412c01f90f36f7951ac425887bd6a43ba9dcbc..df1d1081143498b25f99ee87400bc3c63c0c5b12 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ Gajim 0.16 ()
 
   * Improve File transfer support by adding Jingle file transfer
   * use external python-nbxmpp library
+  * improve security
   * Improve audio / Video calls and add screensharing feature
   * Support systemd-logind
   * Support XEP-0308 Last message correction
   * Support XEP-0224 Attention
   * Support XEP-0191 Blocking command
+  * Support XEP-0249 Direct Invitation
   * Better RTL languages support
 
 Gajim 0.15.4 (25 May 2013)
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index f8029d55d9172a6175c2e20ecac973f111eafdf3..62634be84aded6976186d10c5a33ab15be5cb17c 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  gajimversion="0.16-beta1"
+  gajimversion="0.16-beta2"
   if [ -d ".hg" ]; then
     node=$(hg  tip --template "{node}")
     hgversion="-${node:0:12}"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 459ac8c1444ef9d623653fec0e357b3c03460f63..dc2a69e37e4c6e711ff6e12c09f09cad6d95e671 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gajim (0.16~beta2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Yann Leboulanger <yann@leboulanger.org>  Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:14:07 +0200
+
 gajim (0.16~beta1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/src/common/defs.py b/src/common/defs.py
index 7d6178ba4e6652d6acf15ea59a55c003d12dd13a..1d246dab6281325d57be4d77e4921874147e71de 100644
--- a/src/common/defs.py
+++ b/src/common/defs.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ docdir = '../'
 basedir   = '../'
 localedir = '../po'
 
-version = '0.16-beta1'
+version = '0.16-beta2'
 import subprocess
 try:
     node = subprocess.Popen('hg tip --template "{node|short}"', shell=True,