diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e0c84e9b3..343d5aac8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ at https://github.com/ygrek/mldonkey/issues
 Changelog
 =========
 
-2017/01/22:
+3.1.6 - 2017/01/22
+------------------
+
 * BT: better diagnostics of wrong udp tracker reply
 * BT/DHT: update public router addresses
 * fix buffer overflows in DNS resolution
diff --git a/config/configure.in b/config/configure.in
index d7c6b5ed4..61095c03e 100644
--- a/config/configure.in
+++ b/config/configure.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cd config
 
 MAJOR_VERSION=3
 MINOR_VERSION=1
-SUB_VERSION=5   # range 0-7 due to eMule limitations
+SUB_VERSION=6   # range 0-7 due to eMule limitations
 
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