diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4a12d7..edfb544 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
 /marco-1.13.1.tar.xz
 /marco-1.14.1.tar.xz
 /marco-1.14.2.tar.xz
+/marco-1.16.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/marco.spec b/marco.spec
index 261a7cb..3061e12 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 1.14
+%global branch 1.16
 
 # Settings used for build from snapshots.
 %{!?rel_build:%global commit 62a708d461e08275d6b85985f5fa13fa8fbc85f7}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 %{!?rel_build:%global git_tar %{name}-%{version}-%{git_ver}.tar.xz}
 
 Name:          marco
-Version:       %{branch}.2
+Version:       %{branch}.0
 %if 0%{?rel_build}
 Release:       1%{?dist}
 %else
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 02 2016 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.16.0-1
+- update to 1.16.0 release
+
 * Sat May 21 2016 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.14.2-1
 - update to 1.14.2 release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9935b5c..a3b7693 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-52e7b11912d1adcacfaecee7933ca996  marco-1.14.2.tar.xz
+9301161d69c78a2b4f4878399161e012  marco-1.16.0.tar.xz