diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 43ee74b19..66302a42c 100755
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ lazy val loader = project.in(file("."))
 lazy val shredder = project.in(file("shredder"))
   .settings(
     name        := "snowplow-rdb-shredder",
-    version     := "0.15.0",
+    version     := "0.16.0",
     description := "Spark job to shred event and context JSONs from Snowplow enriched events",
     BuildSettings.oneJvmPerTestSetting // ensures that only CrossBatchDeduplicationSpec has a DuplicateStorage
   )