diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bebe5d0..75554d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /pcsc-lite-1.8.13.tar.bz2.asc
 /pcsc-lite-1.8.14.tar.bz2.asc
 /pcsc-lite-1.8.15.tar.bz2.asc
+/pcsc-lite-1.8.16.tar.bz2.asc
diff --git a/pcsc-lite.spec b/pcsc-lite.spec
index 0f30b31..b006b48 100644
--- a/pcsc-lite.spec
+++ b/pcsc-lite.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global upstream_build 3963
 
 Name:           pcsc-lite
-Version:        1.8.15
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.8.16
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications
 
 Group:          System Environment/Daemons
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/pcsc-lite/README.DAEMON
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr  1 2016 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> - 1.8.16-1
+- New upstream release (#1319539)
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.15-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8c2f6f3..6140e83 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-9e20389c7a093e7cbc779deb4b109195  pcsc-lite-1.8.15.tar.bz2.asc
-ded5cf2f78d26293934cefd0dbc58a43  pcsc-lite-1.8.15.tar.bz2
+a9983b52efe464e1918b3e09318355af  pcsc-lite-1.8.16.tar.bz2.asc
+14a8ab01c225ba90f03d0720ad714c12  pcsc-lite-1.8.16.tar.bz2