diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 268ee86f..5a26fbad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Note heap memory usage is measured just before flushing the workbook to the outp
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.dhatim</groupId>
     <artifactId>fastexcel</artifactId>
-    <version>0.15.7</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ In between there a more developer friendly wrapper around Apache Poi called [Exc
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.dhatim</groupId>
     <artifactId>fastexcel-reader</artifactId>
-    <version>0.15.7</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```