diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 08cd8f307..eeb282a72 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "insight-bitcore-api",
   "description": "An open-source bitcoin blockchain API. The Insight API provides you with a convenient, powerful and simple way to query and broadcast data on the bitcoin network and build your own services with it.",
-  "version": "0.2.15",
-  "author": {
-    "name": "Ryan X Charles",
-    "email": "ryan@bitpay.com"
-  },
+  "version": "0.2.16",
   "repository": "git://github.com/bitpay/insight-api.git",
   "contributors": [{
     "name": "Matias Alejo Garcia",