diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 0f5d39f103e6e70784e7294dc7ccec015e923964..f8029d55d9172a6175c2e20ecac973f111eafdf3 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  gajimversion="0.16-alpha2"
+  gajimversion="0.16-beta1"
   if [ -d ".hg" ]; then
     node=$(hg  tip --template "{node}")
     hgversion="-${node:0:12}"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ca29c8f9c658dcab3f9c98128bb8cf8431961792..459ac8c1444ef9d623653fec0e357b3c03460f63 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gajim (0.16~beta1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Yann Leboulanger <yann@leboulanger.org>  Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:29:13 +0200
+
 gajim (0.16~alpha2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/src/common/defs.py b/src/common/defs.py
index f6b5ff62ace54bc34c85b50de95b73a088ae8471..7d6178ba4e6652d6acf15ea59a55c003d12dd13a 100644
--- a/src/common/defs.py
+++ b/src/common/defs.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ docdir = '../'
 basedir   = '../'
 localedir = '../po'
 
-version = '0.16-alpha2'
+version = '0.16-beta1'
 import subprocess
 try:
     node = subprocess.Popen('hg tip --template "{node|short}"', shell=True,