diff --git a/islpy/version.py b/islpy/version.py
index a67ce3f3e2d916ec25b880a81e3ae537a73838bb..dee30a017de71b649cc39d2b991d732bf2fb9e69 100644
--- a/islpy/version.py
+++ b/islpy/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-VERSION = (2015, 2,)
+VERSION = (2016, 1,)
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(i) for i in VERSION)