diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0721d2..7d41057 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include(GenerateExportHeader)
 include(ECMSetupVersion)
 include(ECMGenerateHeaders)
 
-set(KF5_VERSION "5.15.0") # handled by release scripts
+set(KF5_VERSION "5.16.0") # handled by release scripts
 
 ecm_setup_version(${KF5_VERSION} VARIABLE_PREFIX KITEMMODELS
                         VERSION_HEADER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kitemmodels_version.h"