diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 53d64a0..591aeeb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 
 setup(name="grpc4bmi",
-      version="0.2.15",
+      version="0.2.16",
       author="Gijs van den Oord",
       author_email="g.vandenoord@esciencecenter.nl",
       description="Run your BMI implementation in a separate process and expose it as BMI-python with GRPC",