diff --git a/swarm/version/version.go b/swarm/version/version.go
index 9729342a0..b4a1c9a98 100644
--- a/swarm/version/version.go
+++ b/swarm/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 0          // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3          // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 15         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 16         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )