diff --git a/React.podspec b/React.podspec
index 8083357a2b5..2d62e7bc8f8 100644
--- a/React.podspec
+++ b/React.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                = "React"
-  s.version             = "0.15.0"
+  s.version             = "0.16.0-rc"
   s.summary             = "Build high quality mobile apps using React."
   s.description         = <<-DESC
                             React Native apps are built using the React JS
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties b/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
index 96433c14b48..cb7336df6a9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
+++ b/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION_NAME=0.12.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.16.0
 GROUP=com.facebook.react
 
 POM_NAME=ReactNative
diff --git a/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/build.gradle b/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/build.gradle
index 1298bb3f474..77d1298e628 100644
--- a/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/build.gradle
+++ b/local-cli/generator-android/templates/src/app/build.gradle
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
     compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
-    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:0.13.0"
+    compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:0.16.+"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b3f5727f70c..2231a1dc20d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native",
-  "version": "0.12.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0-rc",
   "description": "A framework for building native apps using React",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "repository": {