diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b498c078f6..83afaed6b7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-09-20  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: bumped version number to 2.1.6.
+
 2004-09-20  DindinX  <dindinx@gimp.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/deinterlace.c: added a preview. Not sure if it is
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7d4a7ac64f..1eb14caa85 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 
 m4_define([gimp_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([gimp_minor_version], [1])
-m4_define([gimp_micro_version], [5])
+m4_define([gimp_micro_version], [6])
 m4_define([gimp_real_version],
           [gimp_major_version.gimp_minor_version.gimp_micro_version])
 m4_define([gimp_version], [gimp_real_version])