diff --git a/rolling/distribution.yaml b/rolling/distribution.yaml
index 5437f4534e3a2..63aae7cdb735b 100644
--- a/rolling/distribution.yaml
+++ b/rolling/distribution.yaml
@@ -2866,7 +2866,7 @@ repositories:
       tags:
         release: release/rolling/{package}/{version}
       url: https://github.com/ros2-gbp/rclcpp-release.git
-      version: 15.4.0-1
+      version: 16.0.0-1
     source:
       test_pull_requests: true
       type: git