diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 5987069b..f29af378 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.nutomic.syncthingandroid"
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 29
-        versionCode 4270
-        versionName "1.15.1"
+        versionCode 4271
+        versionName "1.16.0-rc.1"
         testApplicationId 'com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.test'
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
index 8c48f756..83288e78 100644
--- a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
+++ b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* Update Syncthing to v1.15.1 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.15.1 )
+* Update Syncthing to v1.16.0-rc.1 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.16.0-rc.1 )