diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09a9934..7c2c844 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 /marco-1.14.1.tar.xz
 /marco-1.14.2.tar.xz
 /marco-1.15.0.tar.xz
+/marco-1.16.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/marco.spec b/marco.spec
index 1240fe4..28af50d 100644
--- a/marco.spec
+++ b/marco.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global rel_build 1
 
 # This is needed, because src-url contains branched part of versioning-scheme.
-%global branch 1.15
+%global branch 1.16
 
 # Settings used for build from snapshots.
 %{!?rel_build:%global commit 62a708d461e08275d6b85985f5fa13fa8fbc85f7}
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 22 2016 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.16.0-1
+- update to 1.16.0 release
+
 * Thu Jun 09 2016 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.15.0-1
 - update to 1.15.0 release
 - switch to gtk+3
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d90620e..a3b7693 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30539ffb7ac397eb974fe465b703e8b7  marco-1.15.0.tar.xz
+9301161d69c78a2b4f4878399161e012  marco-1.16.0.tar.xz