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diff --git a/modules/logback-test-config/pom.xml b/modules/logback-test-config/pom.xml
index c80d5cf5283..fdb0288e3fb 100644
--- a/modules/logback-test-config/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/logback-test-config/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
   <artifactId>logback-test-config</artifactId>
-  <version>2.16.15</version>
+  <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Logback config for building and testing</name>
diff --git a/modules/missingfiles-semsg/pom.xml b/modules/missingfiles-semsg/pom.xml
index de313602e7b..fdaaa0f4b71 100644
--- a/modules/missingfiles-semsg/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/missingfiles-semsg/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
         <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.16.15</version>
+        <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/srm-client/pom.xml b/modules/srm-client/pom.xml
index 6ba683f4902..b1794d25ab7 100644
--- a/modules/srm-client/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/srm-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
         <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.16.15</version>
+        <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/srm-common/pom.xml b/modules/srm-common/pom.xml
index 490153c017d..acb22227336 100644
--- a/modules/srm-common/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/srm-common/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/modules/srm-server/pom.xml b/modules/srm-server/pom.xml
index 3dd8a8b8c1c..7a67ad544df 100644
--- a/modules/srm-server/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/srm-server/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/packages/fhs/pom.xml b/packages/fhs/pom.xml
index 4fe9b7ed912..f1d365401c1 100644
--- a/packages/fhs/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/fhs/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
         <artifactId>packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>2.16.15</version>
+        <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>dcache-fhs</artifactId>
diff --git a/packages/pom.xml b/packages/pom.xml
index 8dd3166b19b..c3032ad3ed5 100644
--- a/packages/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>packaging</artifactId>
diff --git a/packages/system-test/pom.xml b/packages/system-test/pom.xml
index 59159d82c85..757e41ef1d9 100644
--- a/packages/system-test/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/system-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>system-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/packages/tar/pom.xml b/packages/tar/pom.xml
index f314fbd6994..a64a041229b 100644
--- a/packages/tar/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/tar/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>packaging</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dcache-tar</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/hsqldb/pom.xml b/plugins/hsqldb/pom.xml
index afbfb90894f..9c4668a1129 100644
--- a/plugins/hsqldb/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/hsqldb/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>dcache-plugin-hsqldb</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 58365db45e6..26f9600cc03 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
     <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b73e8feef5e..5ab08629f86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.dcache</groupId>
-    <version>2.16.15</version>
+    <version>2.16.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <artifactId>dcache-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <url>https://github.com/dCache/dcache</url>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/dCache/dcache.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/dCache/dcache.git</developerConnection>
-      <tag>2.16.15</tag>
+      <tag>2.16</tag>
   </scm>
 
     <repositories>