diff --git a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py
index 30e43075d809..c0b52291fc9b 100644
--- a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py
+++ b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     import wandb
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py
index f5ea3ce84bf3..67fe1b82d0dd 100644
--- a/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py
+++ b/examples/controlnet/train_controlnet_flax.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     import wandb
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
index 141aafb85128..4f731aa1f776 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     import wandb
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
index 8c2faa7ec877..8583f64c6fbd 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_flax.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 # Cache compiled models across invocations of this script.
 cc.initialize_cache(os.path.expanduser("~/.cache/jax/compilation_cache"))
diff --git a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
index a117bd394895..d360939c8c0c 100644
--- a/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
+++ b/examples/dreambooth/train_dreambooth_lora.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py b/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py
index b542d01c112a..155c370614dc 100644
--- a/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py
+++ b/examples/instruct_pix2pix/train_instruct_pix2pix.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
index fde762814b54..4bbf4706f01c 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
index cdfc546a8f58..41a02d68f2b1 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_flax.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
index a50ca222a4a0..8dfd96904bd0 100644
--- a/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
+++ b/examples/text_to_image/train_text_to_image_lora.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
index aebc524bbb36..e157e629df64 100644
--- a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
+++ b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
index 513548d947a0..1d77753791f9 100644
--- a/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
+++ b/examples/textual_inversion/textual_inversion_flax.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
index f38e908fcef6..c004acc2d850 100644
--- a/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
+++ b/examples/unconditional_image_generation/train_unconditional.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 
 # Will error if the minimal version of diffusers is not installed. Remove at your own risks.
-check_min_version("0.15.0")
+check_min_version("0.16.0.dev0")
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__, log_level="INFO")
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index da75dd1e2a85..19cc1dca73bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="diffusers",
-    version="0.15.0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
+    version="0.16.0.dev0",  # expected format is one of x.y.z.dev0, or x.y.z.rc1 or x.y.z (no to dashes, yes to dots)
     description="Diffusers",
     long_description=open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8").read(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/src/diffusers/__init__.py b/src/diffusers/__init__.py
index c7d850d65953..07c17100e0e0 100644
--- a/src/diffusers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/diffusers/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.15.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.0.dev0"
 
 from .configuration_utils import ConfigMixin
 from .utils import (