diff --git a/lib/system/compilation.nim b/lib/system/compilation.nim
index 343bd1e947..1139ad2c85 100644
--- a/lib/system/compilation.nim
+++ b/lib/system/compilation.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const
     ## is the minor number of Nim's version.
     ## Odd for devel, even for releases.
 
-  NimPatch* {.intdefine.}: int = 15
+  NimPatch* {.intdefine.}: int = 16
     ## is the patch number of Nim's version.
     ## Odd for devel, even for releases.