From a593d7b358dc7d9b585b05e0954be58a41807c90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Shuler <mshuler@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:09:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Increment version to 2.2.16

---
 NEWS.txt         | 8 ++++++++
 build.xml        | 2 +-
 debian/changelog | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
index 2994b4b435..efe9402a61 100644
--- a/NEWS.txt
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ restore snapshots created with the previous major version using the
 'sstableloader' tool. You can upgrade the file format of your snapshots
 using the provided 'sstableupgrade' tool.
 
+2.2.16
+======
+
+Upgrading
+---------
+    - Nothing specific to this release, but please see 2.2 if you are upgrading
+      from a previous version.
+
 2.2.15
 ======
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b42c3ed3ca..bd7878a412 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="2.2.15"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="2.2.16"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0e9c7f0360..445bf96778 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (2.2.16) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * New release
+
+ -- Michael Shuler <mshuler@apache.org>  Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:08:37 -0500
+
 cassandra (2.2.15) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New release