diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 08169f50ae..320cb245c9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.1.16
+==================================
+
+* Make distcheck work again, and fix errors that crept in by
+  lack of a working distcheck.
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ 656223 GtkToolShell: Move vfunc default results to default impl...
+
+
 Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.1.14
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 38f9a2dc40..b7df63905c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 m4_define([gtk_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([gtk_minor_version], [1])
-m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [15])
+m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [16])
 m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([gtk_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gtk_minor_version + gtk_micro_version)])