diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9748df033..688128491 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.opensearch.gradle.test.RestIntegTestTask
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.15.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.16.0-SNAPSHOT")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')