diff --git a/app/pom.xml b/app/pom.xml
index a388e541..d3a9058b 100644
--- a/app/pom.xml
+++ b/app/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.devonfw.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>solicitor-app</artifactId>
-  <version>1.15.0</version>
+  <version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Solicitor App (Main Application)</name>
   <description>A tool for rule based checking of license conditions in software projects.</description>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e98f292c..b7ed8275 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.devonfw.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>solicitor-core</artifactId>
-  <version>1.15.0</version>
+  <version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Solicitor Core (Main Library)</name>
   <description>A tool for rule based checking of license conditions in software projects.</description>
diff --git a/documentation/master-solicitor.asciidoc b/documentation/master-solicitor.asciidoc
index 843aaa7e..b9a5eadc 100644
--- a/documentation/master-solicitor.asciidoc
+++ b/documentation/master-solicitor.asciidoc
@@ -1613,6 +1613,8 @@ Spring beans implementing this interface will be called at certain points in the
 
 [appendix]
 == Release Notes
+Changes in 1.16.0::
+
 Changes in 1.15.0::
 * https://github.com/devonfw/solicitor/issues/208: Add two new lifecycle methods to `SolicitorLifecycleListener`.
 * https://github.com/devonfw/solicitor/issues/207: Add a new feature allowing the exclusion of paths and files of scanned artifacts from the Scancode information.
diff --git a/documentation/pom.xml b/documentation/pom.xml
index 2b93c1df..f3a9c34b 100644
--- a/documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/documentation/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.devonfw.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>solicitor-documentation</artifactId>
-  <version>1.15.0</version>
+  <version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Solicitor Documentation</name>
diff --git a/logo/pom.xml b/logo/pom.xml
index 5443a085..2b2ce88a 100644
--- a/logo/pom.xml
+++ b/logo/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.devonfw.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>solicitor-logo</artifactId>
-  <version>1.15.0</version>
+  <version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>Solicitor Logo Rendering</name>
   <description>Rendering of the Solicitor Logo</description>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d145edb..bd4d94ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.devonfw.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>solicitor-aggregator</artifactId>
-  <version>1.15.0</version>
+  <version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Solicitor Aggregator</name>