diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 800e7cf4..de4889d8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -301,3 +301,7 @@ o added new overloads vdump() to YStringTree
 Version 1.1.15-0
 ----------------
 o added YStringTree::insertChild(int pos, const std::string &content)
+
+Version 1.1.16-0
+----------------
+o added new member YLifo::empty()
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c9cd63ec..a0431b96 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.15-4-dev
+1.1.16-0-dev