From b73a955fcd6beb659cbfebeb3c4d1df21dd9bbcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kevin-tian <kevin.tian@ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:54:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update main branch to 0.16.0 again

---
 docs/conf.py                   | 2 +-
 qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 699dbf0e3..de5c2f652 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.15.1'
+release = '0.16.0'
 
 docs_url_prefix = "ecosystem/ibm-runtime"
 
diff --git a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt
index e815b861f..04a373efe 100644
--- a/qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt
+++ b/qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.1
+0.16.0