diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7af850c..01e6021 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 SET(PACKAGE_NAME ${PACKAGE})
 SET(PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "1")
 SET(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "6")
-SET(PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO "0")
+SET(PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO "0a")
 #SET(VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}")
 SET(VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${PACKAGE_VERSION_MICRO}")
 SET(PACKAGE_VERSION ${VERSION})