diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a78bf5d2..9fb3caed 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 from pybind11.setup_helpers import Pybind11Extension, build_ext
 
-__version__ = "0.2.15"
+__version__ = "0.2.16"
 
 #################################################################################
 # parse_reqs, long_desc from https://github.com/siliconcompiler/siliconcompiler #