diff --git a/coredata.py b/coredata.py
index ba7bff0b0..b0367cfaa 100644
--- a/coredata.py
+++ b/coredata.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import pickle, os, uuid
 
-version = '0.16.0'
+version = '0.17.0-research'
 
 # This class contains all data that must persist over multiple
 # invocations of Meson. It is roughly the same thing as