diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 32dc2c320950ee81bd0780cae6499baabd9c8824..3dc213f4eef06f0c1ac93779393a15e6ea3037cd 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func GetConfigurationFileBytes(chainId, moniker, seeds string, chainImageName st
 	erisdbChain := &ConfigChainGeneral{
 		AssertChainId:       chainId,
 		ErisdbMajorVersion:  uint8(0),
-		ErisdbMinorVersion:  uint8(12),
+		ErisdbMinorVersion:  uint8(16),
 		GenesisRelativePath: "genesis.json",
 	}
 	chainConsensusModule := &ConfigChainModule{
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func GetConfigurationFileBytes(chainId, moniker, seeds string, chainImageName st
 	chainApplicationManagerModule := &ConfigChainModule{
 		Name:               "erismint",
 		MajorVersion:       uint8(0),
-		MinorVersion:       uint8(12),
+		MinorVersion:       uint8(16),
 		ModuleRelativeRoot: "erismint",
 	}
 	tendermintModule := &ConfigTendermint{
diff --git a/config/templates.go b/config/templates.go
index cead77d92b7f5c40988c88de97a92f0ed9a4d093..66a4e5b88c9e8374ceeaf941d388e12978b96358 100644
--- a/config/templates.go
+++ b/config/templates.go
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ const sectionErisMint = `
 ################################################################################
 ##
 ## Eris-Mint
-## version 0.12.0
+## version 0.16.0
 ##
 ## The original Ethereum virtual machine with IAVL merkle trees
 ## and tendermint/go-wire encoding
diff --git a/manager/eris-mint/version.go b/manager/eris-mint/version.go
index 34cdb4b5324a9b8a52eeaa36334ffda0b01057b1..ad15d4a34d7cf0b2eb78a32d4831194e6db9aeb6 100644
--- a/manager/eris-mint/version.go
+++ b/manager/eris-mint/version.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 	// Major version component of the current release
 	erisMintVersionMajor = 0
 	// Minor version component of the current release
-	erisMintVersionMinor = 12
+	erisMintVersionMinor = 16
 	// Patch version component of the current release
 	erisMintVersionPatch = 0
 )
diff --git a/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go b/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
index ff33cb30f4aca019aea9a400e434e7539a786bb9..a9f2b45eb173d41bfd07a4199f494ef193c24f3c 100644
--- a/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
+++ b/rpc/tendermint/test/config.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ genesis_file = "genesis.json"
   # version is the major and minor semantic version;
   # the version will be asserted on
   major_version = 0
-  minor_version = 12
+  minor_version = 16
   # relative path to application manager root folder
   relative_root = "erismint"
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index d65dacc19814de74f0850066801b3b16a37926f5..d38381a33ca53bc9a691a7c78286a93f53ea7ae6 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 	// Major version component of the current release
 	erisVersionMajor = 0
 	// Minor version component of the current release
-	erisVersionMinor = 12
+	erisVersionMinor = 16
 	// Patch version component of the current release
 	erisVersionPatch = 0
 )