diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 0b7c8539ab6741eef62b4379cdfddb32438f141b..4273462492ea112756e2c5ccb00b9d82cf15b5bb 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "2.0.15",
+  "version": "2.0.16",
   "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 789610f3dfb1fc723b25eb27a71702be4907f605..a8d1fbd6c7a3c70dfa883e39dec9ac10d62ef21e 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
     
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.15')
+    monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.16')
 
     return monsterVersion;
 
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index fdf48b7ffce55ac05286372a9f9f286175cdbd2e..d7d6c88b6b0ff3e51dfab0411162e4b3064a9b36 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "2.0.15",
+  "version": "2.0.16",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 63e15f6b69162ecdfe46510c095965925c31abcf..6710269ae5138641465b4a5f41dc7fcfcee7903c 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('2.0.15')
+        monsterVersion = new Version('2.0.16')
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();