diff --git a/hotspot/make/hotspot_version b/hotspot/make/hotspot_version
index 64a2efe6dd1..a99670bda35 100644
--- a/hotspot/make/hotspot_version
+++ b/hotspot/make/hotspot_version
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 # Don't put quotes (fail windows build).
 HOTSPOT_VM_COPYRIGHT=Copyright 2009
 
-HS_MAJOR_VER=15
+HS_MAJOR_VER=16
 HS_MINOR_VER=0
-HS_BUILD_NUMBER=05
+HS_BUILD_NUMBER=01
 
 JDK_MAJOR_VER=1
 JDK_MINOR_VER=7