diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b2110d4f..eabb5862 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="scan-to-paperless",
-    version="1.15.0",
+    version="1.16.0",
     description="Tool to scan and process documents to palerless",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",