diff --git a/data/sql/grid_alternatives.sql b/data/sql/grid_alternatives.sql
index 3a90d1bf14..02b2ff3871 100644
--- a/data/sql/grid_alternatives.sql
+++ b/data/sql/grid_alternatives.sql
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ VALUES
 -- de_adv - Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungender der Länder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (AdV)
 ('BETA2007.gsb','de_adv_BETA2007.tif','BETA2007.gsb','GTiff','hgridshift',0,NULL,'https://cdn.proj.org/de_adv_BETA2007.tif',1,1,NULL),
 
+-- de_bkg - Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)
+('GCG2016.txt','de_bkg_gcg2016.tif',NULL,'GTiff','geoid_like',0,NULL,'https://cdn.proj.org/de_bkg_gcg2016.tif',1,1,NULL),
+
 -- de_geosn - Staatsbetrieb Geobasisinformation und Vermessung Sachsen GeoSN
 ('NTv2_SN.gsb','de_geosn_NTv2_SN.tif','NTv2_SN.gsb','GTiff','hgridshift',0,NULL,'https://cdn.proj.org/de_geosn_NTv2_SN.tif',1,1,NULL),
 
diff --git a/data/sql/metadata.sql b/data/sql/metadata.sql
index 6755044314..36b916d829 100644
--- a/data/sql/metadata.sql
+++ b/data/sql/metadata.sql
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ INSERT INTO "metadata" VALUES('PROJ.VERSION', '${PROJ_VERSION}');
 
 -- Version of the PROJ-data package with which this database is the most
 -- compatible.
-INSERT INTO "metadata" VALUES('PROJ_DATA.VERSION', '1.15');
+INSERT INTO "metadata" VALUES('PROJ_DATA.VERSION', '1.16');
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e6dba875fc..8d5b791504 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 release = "9.4.0-dev"
 
 # PROJ-data version
-data_version = "1.15"
+data_version = "1.16"
 
 today_date = date.today()
 # today_date = date(Y, M, D)  # or use a specific date