diff --git a/graal/_version.py b/graal/_version.py
index eb3c415..8b0aa6a 100644
--- a/graal/_version.py
+++ b/graal/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# File auto-generated by semverup on 2023-11-03 17:57:55.755952
-__version__ = "0.4.15"
+# File auto-generated by semverup on 2023-11-14 16:07:42.402982
+__version__ = "0.4.16-rc.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a408714..2b0079d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "graal"
-version = "0.4.15"
+version = "0.4.16-rc.1"
 description = "A generic source code analyzer"
 authors = [
     "GrimoireLab Developers"
diff --git a/releases/0.4.16-rc.1.md b/releases/0.4.16-rc.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f0dd00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/0.4.16-rc.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  ## graal 0.4.16-rc.1 - (2023-11-14)
+  
+  * Update Poetry's package dependencies