diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 5a8b705056..0b1d47a26a 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-1.3.x.x (relative to 1.3.15.0)
+1.3.16.x (relative to 1.3.16.0)
+========
+
+
+
+1.3.16.0 (relative to 1.3.15.0)
 ========
 
 Improvements
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 8ec88b6482..be1d7a4be4 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if codecs.lookup( locale.getpreferredencoding() ).name != "utf-8" :
 
 gafferMilestoneVersion = 1 # for announcing major milestones - may contain all of the below
 gafferMajorVersion = 3 # backwards-incompatible changes
-gafferMinorVersion = 15 # new backwards-compatible features
+gafferMinorVersion = 16 # new backwards-compatible features
 gafferPatchVersion = 0 # bug fixes
 gafferVersionSuffix = "" # used for alpha/beta releases : "a1", "b2", etc.