diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 322028d..6f93e78 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [public_version]
-version=3.1.15
+version=3.1.16
 [internal_version]
-version=3.1.15-rc2
+version=3.1.16-rc1
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 330bf7d..e979c0b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-testkit-lite (3.1.15) unstable; urgency=low
+testkit-lite (3.1.16) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Public Release.
 
diff --git a/debian/files b/debian/files
index a94e4ed..02c519a 100644
--- a/debian/files
+++ b/debian/files
@@ -1 +1 @@
-testkit-lite_3.1.15_all.deb utils standard
+testkit-lite_3.1.16_all.deb utils standard
diff --git a/packaging/testkit-lite.dsc b/packaging/testkit-lite.dsc
index d9f3985..f702edc 100644
--- a/packaging/testkit-lite.dsc
+++ b/packaging/testkit-lite.dsc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Lei Yang <lei.a.yang@intel.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), python-setuptools, python-support (>= 0.8.4)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: https://github.com/testkit/testkit-manager
-Version: 3.1.15
+Version: 3.1.16
 Files:
- e3b0bfd4442c7301aa9982201c6ebd3b 1398131 testkit-lite_3.1.15.tar.gz
+ e3b0bfd4442c7301aa9982201c6ebd3b 1398131 testkit-lite_3.1.16.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/packaging/testkit-lite.spec b/packaging/testkit-lite.spec
index d7de793..bcb0b7a 100644
--- a/packaging/testkit-lite.spec
+++ b/packaging/testkit-lite.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: TCT-Lite
 Name: testkit-lite
-Version: 3.1.15
+Version: 3.1.16
 Release: 1
 License: GPLv2
 Group: Applications/System
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 727aa73..9bbf83b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def run (self):
     url = "https://github.com/testkit/testkit-lite",
     author = "Shaofeng Tang",
     author_email = "shaofeng.tang@intel.com",
-    version = "3.1.15",
+    version = "3.1.16",
     include_package_data = True,
     data_files = [('/opt/testkit/lite', ['VERSION', 'doc/testkit-lite_user_guide.pdf', 'doc/testkit-lite_tutorial.pdf', 'doc/test_definition_schema.pdf']),
                   ('/opt/testkit/lite/commodule/', ['CONFIG']),