diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 21c6301..3053f48 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rascal",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.3.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 25e5c5b..89ae268 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rascal",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.3.0",
   "description": "A config driven wrapper for amqplib supporting multi-host connections, automatic error recovery, redelivery flood protection, transparent encryption / decryption,  channel pooling and publication timeouts",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {