diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ca695467fb6..0d51dc7ca69 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? 2015, PHP 5.6.15
+?? ??? 2015, PHP 5.6.16
+
+29 Oct 2015, PHP 5.6.15
 
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug #70681 (Segfault when binding $this of internal instance method
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 018d20cde6a..c623cf4d8ba 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int zend_sprintf(char *buffer, const char *format, ...);
 
 PHP_MAJOR_VERSION=5
 PHP_MINOR_VERSION=6
-PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=15
+PHP_RELEASE_VERSION=16
 PHP_EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
 PHP_VERSION="$PHP_MAJOR_VERSION.$PHP_MINOR_VERSION.$PHP_RELEASE_VERSION$PHP_EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]PHP_MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]PHP_MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]PHP_RELEASE_VERSION`
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 92c8af871e9..2cf4a357adb 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /* edit configure.in to change version number */
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 6
-#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 15
+#define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 16
 #define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.6.15-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50615
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.6.16-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION_ID 50616