From bd62c0bb87f101cc99a6c8e35b1eaf2a2aefa476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hari Om <hari.om2@ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:36:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] version: update to 1.16.3-dev for development purposes

---
 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