diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b59877fa..53e752840 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 3.0.15 -->
-## [v3.0.15](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v3.0.15) (2018-10-29)
+<!-- latest_release 3.0.16 -->
+## [v3.0.16](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v3.0.16) (2018-10-30)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Modernize omnibus config and reduce omnibus package size [#3543](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/3543) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50))
+- Allow end of options during Thor array parsing [#3547](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/3547) ([jquick](https://github.com/jquick))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=3.0.12 -->
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - ✓ adds additional checks for vendored profiles [#3362](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/3362) ([chris-rock](https://github.com/chris-rock)) <!-- 3.0.14 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Allow end of options during Thor array parsing [#3547](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/3547) ([jquick](https://github.com/jquick)) <!-- 3.0.16 -->
 - Modernize omnibus config and reduce omnibus package size [#3543](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/3543) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50)) <!-- 3.0.15 -->
 - Adding inspec init profile for GCP. [#3484](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/3484) ([skpaterson](https://github.com/skpaterson)) <!-- 3.0.13 -->
 <!-- release_rollup -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 312883d27..49b88e3f6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.15
\ No newline at end of file
+3.0.16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index fa91d2c71..cf8e9eb21 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # author: Christoph Hartmann
 
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '3.0.15'
+  VERSION = '3.0.16'
 end