diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index 9bdc9148b74a..ef5d5a349b52 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 # Start/end of the log (from git)
 LOG_START = 'v0.15.0'
-LOG_END = 'master'
+LOG_END = 'v0.16.0b1'
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52ccb6c691df..f79af1086de9 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 16
 MICRO = 0
-ISRELEASED = False
-VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
+ISRELEASED = True
+VERSION = '%d.%d.%db1' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
 
 
 # Return the git revision as a string