diff --git a/tomoscan/version.py b/tomoscan/version.py
index f560e9936452e55788a853eb4c8dfca92444c593..085bdc05f3a6db4309e25a500ed238091d72fa15 100644
--- a/tomoscan/version.py
+++ b/tomoscan/version.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ MAJOR = 2
 MINOR = 0
 MICRO = 0
 RELEV = "alpha"  # <16
-SERIAL = 15  # <16
+SERIAL = 16  # <16
 
 date = __date__