diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0310dd3e20..552cf38884 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git-annex (6.20160809) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+git-annex (6.20160907) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Windows: Handle shebang in external special remote program.
   * Fix formatting of git-annex-smudge man page, and improve mdwn2man.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ git-annex (6.20160809) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * get -J, sync --content -J: Download different files from different
     remotes when the remotes have the same costs.
 
- -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 05 Sep 2016 11:51:49 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:12:11 -0400
 
 git-annex (6.20160808) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index bd9d0dc1b2..27593645b9 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: git-annex
-Version: 6.20160808
+Version: 6.20160907
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.8
 License: GPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>