diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1e710143..58d1593b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@databricks/sql",
-  "version": "1.15.0",
+  "version": "1.16.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@databricks/sql",
-      "version": "1.15.0",
+      "version": "1.16.0-rc.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "apache-arrow": "^13.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cad5d0ce..b3155487 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@databricks/sql",
-  "version": "1.15.0",
+  "version": "1.16.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Driver for connection to Databricks SQL via Thrift API.",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",