diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16f4ef6d..ff7bae27 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.166
+  -
+
 0.165.3
   - switch to difflib.diff_bytes and sys.stdout.buffer.write for diffing.
     This will fix all decoding issues with osc diff, osc ci and osc rq -d
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index 295597e8..18b906b5 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-__version__ = '0.165.3'
+__version__ = '0.166.git'
 
 # __store_version__ is to be incremented when the format of the working copy
 # "store" changes in an incompatible way. Please add any needed migration