diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e45a748..4a58b0a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ today_fmt = '%Y-%m-%d'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.15.0'
+version = '0.16.dev0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/pygeoapi/__init__.py b/pygeoapi/__init__.py
index 8216291..0f76add 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/__init__.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #
 # =================================================================
 
-__version__ = '0.15.0'
+__version__ = '0.16.dev0'
 
 import click
 try: