diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 82e0ea5..27b796c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 
-dnl This is the one location where the authoritative version number is stored
-AC_INIT(shellinabox, 2.15, markus@shellinabox.com)
+dnl This is one of the locations where the authoritative version
+dnl  number is stored.  The other is in the debian/changelog.
+AC_INIT(shellinabox, 2.16, markus@shellinabox.com)
 if test -e .git; then
 VCS_REVISION=" (revision `cd $srcdir && git log -1 --format=format:%h`)"
 else
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6e000f2..2f984e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+shellinabox (2.16) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New release to guarantee upgrades for people who had installed a
+    2.15-1 release candidate.
+  * Update to About dialog to use GitHub URLs.
+
+ -- Marc Singer <elf@debian.org>  Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:45:22 -0700
+
 shellinabox (2.15) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Improved clean-liness so that source archive is clean.