diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5ff5026c..654ba788 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linkchecker (1.8.16-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+  * Standards version 3.5.10.0 (no changes)
+
+ -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>  Thu, 22 May 2003 00:28:27 +0200
+
 linkchecker (1.8.15-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 60038e64..8bdc7742 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: python2.2-dev (>= 2.2.1), debhelper (>= 4.1.0), gettext
-Standards-Version: 3.5.9.0
+Standards-Version: 3.5.10.0
 
 Package: linkchecker
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dabe8fc4..2d50d5a6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ myname = "Bastian Kleineidam"
 myemail = "calvin@users.sourceforge.net"
 
 setup (name = "linkchecker",
-       version = "1.8.15",
+       version = "1.8.16",
        description = "check HTML documents for broken links",
        author = myname,
        author_email = myemail,