diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 179c14840..3134d93b3 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ hledger is copyright (c) 2007-2011
 [Simon&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;<simon@joyful.com>](mailto:simon@joyful.com) and
 contributors, and released as Free Software under GPL version 3 or later.
 
-This is the user manual and reference for hledger version 0.15.
+This is the user manual and reference for hledger version 0.16.
 
 ## Installing
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1985d9141..8eac30c38 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.3
+0.16
diff --git a/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal b/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal
index b6cb4953d..f66a2e77c 100644
--- a/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal
+++ b/hledger-chart/hledger-chart.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-chart
-version: 0.15.2
+version: 0.16
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A pie chart image generator for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ executable hledger-chart
                   Hledger.Chart.Main
                   Hledger.Chart.Options
   build-depends:
-                  hledger == 0.15.2
-                 ,hledger-lib == 0.15.2
+                  hledger == 0.16
+                 ,hledger-lib == 0.16
                  ,HUnit
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cmdargs >= 0.8   && < 0.9
diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index 01b70e84f..eb3a47490 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-lib
-version: 0.15.2
+version: 0.16
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       Core data types, parsers and utilities for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
diff --git a/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal b/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal
index ce78489b6..edf4eeeba 100644
--- a/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal
+++ b/hledger-vty/hledger-vty.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-vty
-version: 0.15.2
+version: 0.16
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A curses-style console interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:    
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ executable hledger-vty
                   Hledger.Vty.Main
                   Hledger.Vty.Options
   build-depends:
-                  hledger == 0.15.2
-                 ,hledger-lib == 0.15.2
+                  hledger == 0.16
+                 ,hledger-lib == 0.16
                  ,HUnit
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,cmdargs >= 0.8   && < 0.9
diff --git a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
index d837a3160..1081d2671 100644
--- a/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
+++ b/hledger-web/hledger-web.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger-web
-version: 0.15.3
+version: 0.16
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       A web interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:    
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ executable hledger-web
                      Hledger.Web.StaticFiles
                      Hledger.Web.Handlers
   build-depends:
-                  hledger == 0.15.2
-                 ,hledger-lib == 0.15.2
+                  hledger == 0.16
+                 ,hledger-lib == 0.16
                  ,HUnit
                  ,base >= 4 && < 5
                  ,bytestring
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Version.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Version.hs
index 137eb11c1..15f7f12ed 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Version.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Version.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import Hledger.Utils
 -- version and PATCHLEVEL are set by the make process
 
 version :: String
-version       = "0.15.2"
+version       = "0.16.0"
 
 patchlevel :: String
 #ifdef PATCHLEVEL
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index e765ed64d..34be45821 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:           hledger
-version: 0.15.2
+version: 0.16
 category:       Finance
 synopsis:       The main command-line interface for the hledger accounting tool.
 description:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ library
                   Hledger.Cli.Stats
   -- should be the same as below
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.15.2
+                  hledger-lib == 0.16
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,containers
                  ,cmdargs >= 0.8   && < 0.9
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ executable hledger
   ghc-options:    -threaded -W
   -- should be the same as above
   build-depends:
-                  hledger-lib == 0.15.2
+                  hledger-lib == 0.16
                  ,base >= 3 && < 5
                  ,containers
                  ,cmdargs >= 0.8   && < 0.9