diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 83a5ec5de7..eefee7a943 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ required = [
 
 # Comment to update deps with dep tool
 #[[constraint]]
-#  version = "v1.16.alpha.0"
+#  version = "v1.16.alpha.1"
 #  name = "sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-builder-alpha"
 
 [[constraint]]
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 74dd2d694a..096940dce7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.16.alpha.0
+v1.16.alpha.1