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 ![NetBox](docs/netbox_logo.png "NetBox logo")
 
 NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at [DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/), NetBox was developed specifically to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers.
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
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     )
 
 
-VERSION = '2.1.5'
+VERSION = '2.1.6-dev'
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))