diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 29789c809..48ae93b8b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@ NOTE: as of JNA 4.0, JNA is now dual-licensed under LGPL and AL 2.0 (see LICENSE
 
 NOTE: JNI native support is typically incompatible between minor versions, and almost always incompatible between major versions.
 
+Next Release (5.16.0)
+=====================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
 Release 5.15.0
 ==============
 
diff --git a/common.xml b/common.xml
index cb09efa3b..b92a42bb7 100644
--- a/common.xml
+++ b/common.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- JNA library release version - android versionCode is derived from mjar/minor/revision -->
     <property name="jna.major" value="5"/>
-    <property name="jna.minor" value="15"/>
+    <property name="jna.minor" value="16"/>
     <property name="jna.revision" value="0"/>
     <property name="jna.build" value="0"/> <!--${build.number}-->
     <condition property="version.suffix" value="" else="-SNAPSHOT">