diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a55105169..04a373efe 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.0
+0.16.0
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 6ce4011d3..dc388316a 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.15.0"
+release = "0.16.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5b8ab322..b94889c29 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="splinter",
-    version="0.15.0",
+    version="0.16.0",
     url="https://github.com/cobrateam/splinter",
     description="browser abstraction for web acceptance testing",
     long_description=README,
diff --git a/splinter/__init__.py b/splinter/__init__.py
index 13c383307..4a13311b8 100644
--- a/splinter/__init__.py
+++ b/splinter/__init__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 from splinter.browser import Browser  # NOQA
 
 
-__version__ = "0.15.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.0"