diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb86924b..6b43054b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ INCLUDE (CheckCSourceCompiles)
 INCLUDE (CheckStructHasMember)
 INCLUDE (CheckLibraryExists)
 
-PROJECT (c-ares LANGUAGES C VERSION "1.15.0" )
+PROJECT (c-ares LANGUAGES C VERSION "1.16.0" )
 
 # Set this version before release
 SET (CARES_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ INCLUDE (GNUInstallDirs) # include this *AFTER* PROJECT(), otherwise paths are w
 # For example, a version of 4:0:2 would generate output such as:
 #    libname.so   -> libname.so.2
 #    libname.so.2 -> libname.so.2.2.0
-SET (CARES_LIB_VERSIONINFO "5:0:3")
+SET (CARES_LIB_VERSIONINFO "6:0:4")
 
 
 OPTION (CARES_STATIC     "Build as a static library"                                             OFF)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 55330565..ec226063 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = test
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = libcares.pc
 
-CARES_VERSION_INFO = -version-info 5:0:3
+CARES_VERSION_INFO = -version-info 6:0:4
 # This flag accepts an argument of the form current[:revision[:age]]. So,
 # passing -version-info 3:12:1 sets current to 3, revision to 12, and age to
 # 1.
diff --git a/ares_version.h b/ares_version.h
index 3fe5b00a..7758a481 100644
--- a/ares_version.h
+++ b/ares_version.h
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 #define ARES__VERSION_H
 
 /* This is the global package copyright */
-#define ARES_COPYRIGHT "2004 - 2018 Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>."
+#define ARES_COPYRIGHT "2004 - 2020 Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>."
 
 #define ARES_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define ARES_VERSION_MINOR 15
+#define ARES_VERSION_MINOR 16
 #define ARES_VERSION_PATCH 0
 #define ARES_VERSION ((ARES_VERSION_MAJOR<<16)|\
                        (ARES_VERSION_MINOR<<8)|\
                        (ARES_VERSION_PATCH))
-#define ARES_VERSION_STR "1.15.0"
+#define ARES_VERSION_STR "1.16.0"
 
 #if (ARES_VERSION >= 0x010700)
 #  define CARES_HAVE_ARES_LIBRARY_INIT 1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6334458b..d11e1055 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 
-AC_INIT([c-ares], [1.15.0],
+AC_INIT([c-ares], [1.16.0],
   [c-ares mailing list: http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/c-ares])
 
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