diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 60d0622..44754aa 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Known issues:
   bug](https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/issues/65).
 
 
+## bunyan 0.16.8 (not yet released)
+
+(nothing yet)
+
+
 ## bunyan 0.16.7
 
 - [issue #59] Clear a possibly interrupted ANSI color code on signal
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index 4a21c2a..682d056 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // See <https://github.com/trentm/node-bunyan>.
 //
 
-var VERSION = "0.16.7";
+var VERSION = "0.16.8";
 
 var util = require('util');
 var pathlib = require('path');
diff --git a/lib/bunyan.js b/lib/bunyan.js
index 3ca249d..6662842 100644
--- a/lib/bunyan.js
+++ b/lib/bunyan.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * The bunyan logging library for node.js.
  */
 
-var VERSION = '0.16.7';
+var VERSION = '0.16.8';
 
 // Bunyan log format version. This becomes the 'v' field on all log records.
 // `0` is until I release a version '1.0.0' of node-bunyan. Thereafter,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f336eb..be777c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bunyan",
-  "version": "0.16.7",
+  "version": "0.16.8",
   "description": "a JSON Logger library for node.js services",
   "author": "Trent Mick <trentm@gmail.com> (http://trentm.com)",
   "main": "./lib/bunyan.js",