From 5f7680f77c9fcacff909f1dfdfa20113e03deee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hari <hari.om2@ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:53:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] version: update to 1.16.3-dev for development purposes
 (#13731)

---
 version/VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/version/VERSION b/version/VERSION
index 4a02d2c31..17008736c 100644
--- a/version/VERSION
+++ b/version/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.2
+1.16.3-dev