diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5aa922a..acb84cad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
     <artifactId>plexus</artifactId>
-    <version>15</version>
+    <version>16</version>
     <relativePath />
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>plexus-components</artifactId>
-  <version>15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <!-- convention: major = parent version -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>