diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4cbd9b3..3912f23 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
 /mate-applets-1.15.0.tar.xz
 /mate-applets-1.15.1.tar.xz
 /mate-applets-1.15.2.tar.xz
+/mate-applets-1.16.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/mate-applets.spec b/mate-applets.spec
index b7221bc..d81e992 100644
--- a/mate-applets.spec
+++ b/mate-applets.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 c3b48ea39ab358b45048e300deafaa3f569748ad}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 %{!?rel_build:%global git_tar %{name}-%{version}-%{git_ver}.tar.xz}
 
 Name:           mate-applets
-Version:        %{branch}.2
+Version:        %{branch}.0
 %if 0%{?rel_build}
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 %else
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 22 2016 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.16.0-1
+- update to 1.16.0 release
+
 * Fri Sep 02 2016 Wolfgang Ulbrich <chat-to-me@raveit.de> - 1.15.2-1
 - update to 1.15.2 release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5621c92..db016bc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-07a7c9af469dfaf7fe81ebe639f12a2e  mate-applets-1.15.2.tar.xz
+c8ae59b77af9a7c5522e23425a5ee203  mate-applets-1.16.0.tar.xz