diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a2c5bfd..15b6a6c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
 
-ARG VERSION="0.1.15"
+ARG VERSION="0.1.16"
 ARG SIMULATOR_VERSION=2.6.0
 
 # metadata
diff --git a/biosimulators_bionetgen/_version.py b/biosimulators_bionetgen/_version.py
index ac1125f..b7e15fa 100644
--- a/biosimulators_bionetgen/_version.py
+++ b/biosimulators_bionetgen/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.1.15'
+__version__ = '0.1.16'