diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e69d94e7..7a6fdf13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 dnl If incrementing the version here, remember to update libostree.sym too
-AC_INIT([ostree], [2016.11], [walters@verbum.org])
+AC_INIT([ostree], [2016.12], [walters@verbum.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree.sym b/src/libostree/libostree.sym
index 4aa8d6cf..ddb87e7b 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree.sym
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ global:
 /* No new symbols in 2016.9 */
 /* No new symbols in 2016.10 */
 /* No new symbols in 2016.11 */
+/* No new symbols in 2016.12 */
 
 /*                         NOTE NOTE NOTE
  * Versions above here are released.  Only add symbols below this line.