diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57269c3..4d4d8be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased] 
+
 ## [1.16.0] - 2025-02-03
 ### Added
 - Add support for JSON API calls with new method `callApiJson`.
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ of the alert (zaproxy/zaproxy#1341), older methods were deprecated.
  - First version as "stand alone library", it was migrated from the [zaproxy repository](https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy)
  and released to Maven Central.
 
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.16.0...HEAD
 [1.16.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0
 [1.15.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.14.0...v1.15.0
 [1.14.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.13.0...v1.14.0
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8cfec3d..6150f8e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ subprojects {
 
     group = "org.zaproxy"
 
-    version = "1.16.0"
-    extra["versionBC"] = "1.15.0"
+    version = "1.17.0-SNAPSHOT"
+    extra["versionBC"] = "1.16.0"
 
     java {
         val javaVersion = JavaVersion.VERSION_11