diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f6a9539a..367ce249 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=nano
 
-VERSION=0.9.15-cvs
+VERSION=0.9.16
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5bfdc8d1..65dcb713 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $Id$
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(nano.c)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(nano, 0.9.15-cvs)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(nano, 0.9.16)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.h.in)
 ALL_LINGUAS="es de fr it id fi"
 
diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html
index e3696850..4d67ad76 100644
--- a/faq.html
+++ b/faq.html
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ nano was developed).</font></blockquote>
 of nano?</font></h2>
 
 <blockquote><font color="#330000">The current version of nano *should*
-be 0.9.15.&nbsp; Of course you should always check the nano hompage to
+be 0.9.16.&nbsp; Of course you should always check the nano hompage to
 see what the latest and greatest version is.</font></blockquote>
 
 <h2>