diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66789192..aed0df97 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "api_generator"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "anyhow",
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "elasticsearch"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "base64",
@@ -2843,7 +2843,7 @@ checksum = "9d422e8e38ec76e2f06ee439ccc765e9c6a9638b9e7c9f2e8255e4d41e8bd852"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -2868,7 +2868,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yaml_test_runner"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/api_generator/Cargo.toml b/api_generator/Cargo.toml
index a3e0290c..6612caa7 100644
--- a/api_generator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api_generator/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "api_generator"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 publish = false
 description = "Generates source code for elasticsearch package, from the Elasticsearch REST API specs"
 repository = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-rs"
diff --git a/elasticsearch/Cargo.toml b/elasticsearch/Cargo.toml
index a3eb3d68..1069fff7 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/elasticsearch/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "elasticsearch"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Elastic and Contributors"]
 description = "Official Elasticsearch Rust client"
diff --git a/examples/wasm_fetch/Cargo.toml b/examples/wasm_fetch/Cargo.toml
index 9c731ad4..577eb8e9 100644
--- a/examples/wasm_fetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/wasm_fetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "example_wasm_fetch"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 publish = false
 authors = ["Elastic and Contributors"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 6c0d7ed7..0973a597 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "xtask"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 edition = "2018"
 publish = false
 
diff --git a/yaml_test_runner/Cargo.toml b/yaml_test_runner/Cargo.toml
index 37b4c331..ed45b973 100644
--- a/yaml_test_runner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yaml_test_runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "yaml_test_runner"
-version = "8.15.0-alpha.1"
+version = "8.16.0-alpha.1"
 publish = false
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["Elastic and Contributors"]