diff --git a/lib/ddtrace/version.rb b/lib/ddtrace/version.rb
index 5d9c04527a..862d60f46a 100644
--- a/lib/ddtrace/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ddtrace/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module DDTrace
   module VERSION
     MAJOR = 1
-    MINOR = 15
+    MINOR = 16
     PATCH = 0
     PRE = nil
     BUILD = nil