diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f6abd6e8f7..d40235ae48 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-11-23  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* configure.ac: back to HEAD
+
 === release 0.9.6 ===
 
 2005-11-23  Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae203fa541..d898f26f90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ AC_INIT
 
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AS_VERSION(gstreamer, GST_VERSION, 0, 9, 6, 0,
+AS_VERSION(gstreamer, GST_VERSION, 0, 9, 6, 1,
     GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 
 dnl can autoconf find the source ?