diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
index 08829bcdb5..ea9f5c9001 100644
--- a/build/Makefile
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 
 # base version target. This is usually the next release.
-base_version = 1.15.0
+base_version = 1.16.0
 
 # agones image release registry
 release_registry = gcr.io/agones-images
diff --git a/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml b/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
index 1a75cda0fb..d856721539 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: "1.15.0"
-version: 1.15.0
+appVersion: "1.16.0-dev"
+version: 1.16.0-dev
 name: agones
 description: a library for hosting, running and scaling dedicated game servers on Kubernetes.
 keywords:
diff --git a/install/helm/agones/values.yaml b/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
index 9ead2b3820..e3dc8e77af 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ agones:
     totalRemoteAllocationTimeout: 30s
   image:
     registry: gcr.io/agones-images
-    tag: 1.15.0
+    tag: 1.16.0-dev
     controller:
       name: agones-controller
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/install/yaml/install.yaml b/install/yaml/install.yaml
index b7ec4c80c6..6c23d3c9db 100644
--- a/install/yaml/install.yaml
+++ b/install/yaml/install.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 ---
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 ---
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 ---
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: "agones-1.15.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.16.0-dev"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 type: Opaque
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: "agones-1.15.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.16.0-dev"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 data:
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: "agones-1.15.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.16.0-dev"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 data:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: "agones-1.15.0"
+    chart: "agones-1.16.0-dev"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Helm"
 data:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -4073,7 +4073,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -4195,7 +4195,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -7956,7 +7956,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
   name: gameserverallocationpolicies.multicluster.agones.dev
@@ -8032,7 +8032,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -11926,7 +11926,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 rules:
@@ -11957,7 +11957,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 rules:
@@ -12003,7 +12003,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 rules:
@@ -12023,7 +12023,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 subjects:
@@ -12043,7 +12043,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 subjects:
@@ -12095,7 +12095,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 subjects:
@@ -12116,7 +12116,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: ping
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12138,7 +12138,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: ping
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12174,7 +12174,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     agones.dev/role: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12210,7 +12210,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: allocator
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12246,7 +12246,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12289,7 +12289,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: agones-controller
       containers:
       - name: agones-controller
-        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.15.0"
+        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:1.16.0-dev"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         # minimum port that can be exposed to GameServer traffic
@@ -12299,7 +12299,7 @@ spec:
         - name: MAX_PORT
           value: "8000"
         - name: SIDECAR_IMAGE # overwrite the GameServer sidecar image that is used
-          value: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.15.0"
+          value: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:1.16.0-dev"
         - name: ALWAYS_PULL_SIDECAR # set the sidecar imagePullPolicy to Always
           value: "false"
         - name: SIDECAR_CPU_REQUEST
@@ -12388,7 +12388,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: ping
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12423,7 +12423,7 @@ spec:
       priorityClassName: agones-system
       containers:
         - name: agones-ping
-          image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.15.0"
+          image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-ping:1.16.0-dev"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -12496,7 +12496,7 @@ spec:
           secretName: allocator-client-ca
       containers:
       - name: agones-allocator
-        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.15.0"
+        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-allocator:1.16.0-dev"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -12564,7 +12564,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 spec:
@@ -12600,7 +12600,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 webhooks:
@@ -12643,7 +12643,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-1.15.0
+    chart: agones-1.16.0-dev
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Helm
 webhooks:
diff --git a/sdks/csharp/sdk/AgonesSDK.nuspec b/sdks/csharp/sdk/AgonesSDK.nuspec
index 94c120c835..cc3b4b67e4 100644
--- a/sdks/csharp/sdk/AgonesSDK.nuspec
+++ b/sdks/csharp/sdk/AgonesSDK.nuspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package >
   <metadata>
     <id>AgonesSDK</id>
-    <version>1.15.0</version>
+    <version>1.16.0-dev</version>
     <authors>Google LLC</authors>
     <owners>Google LLC</owners>
     <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
diff --git a/sdks/csharp/sdk/csharp-sdk.csproj b/sdks/csharp/sdk/csharp-sdk.csproj
index be55a90344..7c6a3e6057 100644
--- a/sdks/csharp/sdk/csharp-sdk.csproj
+++ b/sdks/csharp/sdk/csharp-sdk.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://agones.dev</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageLicenseUrl>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</PackageLicenseUrl>
     <AssemblyName>AgonesSDK</AssemblyName>
-    <Version>1.15.0</Version>
+    <Version>1.16.0-dev</Version>
     <PackageTags>agones, googleforgames, kuberenetes, multiplayer, gameservers</PackageTags>
     <Company>agones.dev</Company>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;DebugProtoGen</Configurations>
diff --git a/sdks/nodejs/package.json b/sdks/nodejs/package.json
index 56db7c8035..001c9ccf40 100644
--- a/sdks/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/sdks/nodejs/package.json
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
     "publishConfig": {
         "access": "public"
     },
-    "version": "1.15.0"
+    "version": "1.16.0-dev"
 }