diff --git a/stubs/cffi/METADATA.toml b/stubs/cffi/METADATA.toml
index 6bd875a853bc..f1607a4d9f2a 100644
--- a/stubs/cffi/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/cffi/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = "1.15.*"
+version = "1.16.*"
 upstream_repository = "https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/cffi"
 requires = ["types-setuptools"]