diff --git a/META b/META
index e3c4f4f516ad1539fb3f8354e908dce1388a195b..850f5c8fd9c889cfb7db1ab623b5e88c3aeb4d74 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	5
   Micro:        0
   Version:	0.5.0
-  Release:	0.pre15
+  Release:	0.pre16
   API_CURRENT:	7	
   API_AGE:	4
   API_REVISION:	0