diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 8c3988c..908f530 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
           overlays = [ self.overlay ];
         }
       );
-      version = builtins.readFile ./version;
+      version = nixpkgs.lib.removeSuffix "\n" (builtins.readFile ./version);
       pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${"x86_64-linux"};
     in
 
diff --git a/version b/version
index 92e0c74..7aed22e 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.1
\ No newline at end of file
+0.17.0-alpha