diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73ab943cda..d24b3b772d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Rhino is licensed under the [MPL 2.0](./LICENSE.txt).
 
 ## Releases
 
-The current release is <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/releases/tag/Rhino1_7_14_Release">Rhino 1.7.14</a>. Please see the [Release Notes](./RELEASE-NOTES.md).
+The current release is <a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/releases/tag/Rhino1_7_15_Release">Rhino 1.7.15</a>. Please see the [Release Notes](./RELEASE-NOTES.md).
 
 <details><summary>Releases</summary>
 <table>
diff --git a/RELEASE-STEPS.md b/RELEASE-STEPS.md
index c6493642a0..325c7e4ee7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-STEPS.md
+++ b/RELEASE-STEPS.md
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ to the new tag. Include the following:
 
 The "Publish to Maven Central" action on GitHub Actions will automatically
 build the release, sign the JARs, and push it to oss.sonatype.org in the
-"org.mozilla" area. Log in to oss.sonatype.org, verify that all the checks
+"org.mozilla" area. Kick off this job using the "Actions" tag in the GitHub UI.
+
+Next, Log in to oss.sonatype.org, verify that all the checks
 that happen there were successful, and "close" the release. It will appear
 on Maven Central a few hours later.
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e28a9f428d..39cfe928c0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 rootProject.name=rhino
 group=org.mozilla
-version=1.7.15
+version=1.7.16-SNAPSHOT
 buildDir=buildGradle
 mavenSnapshotRepo=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots
 mavenReleaseRepo=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
 org.gradle.caching=true
-org.gradle.parallel=true
\ No newline at end of file
+org.gradle.parallel=true