diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 12f411150730e02581ab5517e6ef791db5d807bb..a178af8f5fa457919fcd0e6429d648841a735cd2 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 1        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 8        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 15       // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 8          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 16         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.
diff --git a/swarm/version/version.go b/swarm/version/version.go
index 4cd095fb7c32e5a6a973b53a5545c5bc5b43725c..a13ca64afb8ffe1466724f31d0eb840a9bb74a0b 100644
--- a/swarm/version/version.go
+++ b/swarm/version/version.go
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	VersionMajor = 0        // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 3        // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 3        // Patch version component of the current release
-	VersionMeta  = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	VersionMajor = 0          // Major version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 3          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 4          // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
 // Version holds the textual version string.