diff --git a/Src/java/gradle.properties b/Src/java/gradle.properties
index c29de375f..90e587659 100644
--- a/Src/java/gradle.properties
+++ b/Src/java/gradle.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
 
 group=info.cqframework
-version=3.15.0
+version=3.16.0-SNAPSHOT
 specification.version=1.5.2
 hapi.version=7.4.0
 jackson.version=2.16.1