From ae0ca8345dd4a2469ac45211522f8d4bf5bc610c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Boyce <42296566+sarahboyce@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 15:32:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2.x] Post-release version bump.

---
 django/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index c6105bd23d..c2d75f079f 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (4, 2, 15, "final", 0)
+VERSION = (4, 2, 16, "alpha", 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)