diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index ef7f8d2647e67932b36c2adc39cef20db2c4c398..ed109f41db834ef6698d60f66b831b04cffd13d6 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.15.0",
+  "version": "3.16.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 40a2fe2421b95900b262f78e7b0b25bda48aad0c..c638700fb714595cf71fe88a2e0deb695e675de0 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.15.0");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.16.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index bd442ed8bb27d47bd6b5e3118c2d7bf2ed621bee..cab265452abd2fc5047d92dc8ff22137135b785e 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.15.0",
+  "version": "3.16.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 49889db4d1a38f530867b8e37dcf60e291b4f1c8..03c2ccab979c3c90caa60b49007c94bf4f326572 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don“t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.15.0")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.16.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();