diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 6c84b54af0c..dc0a458efe9 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+jetty-8.1.6-SNAPSHOT
+
 jetty-8.1.5.v20120713 - 13 July 2012
  + 376717 Balancer Servlet with round robin support, contribution, added
    missing license