diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63c3fde16..14e264f01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ NOTE: These instructions assume that you have [Apache Maven](https://maven.apach
 
 The easiest way to get started is to generate a brand new StormCrawler-based project using \: 
 
-`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=1.15`
+`mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=com.digitalpebble.stormcrawler -DarchetypeArtifactId=storm-crawler-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=1.16`
 
 You'll be asked to enter a groupId (e.g. com.mycompany.crawler), an artefactId (e.g. stormcrawler), a version and package name.
 
diff --git a/external/warc/README.md b/external/warc/README.md
index eaf285724..711ec5241 100644
--- a/external/warc/README.md
+++ b/external/warc/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ components:
       - name: "put"
         args:
          - "software"
-         - "StormCrawler 1.15 http://stormcrawler.net/"
+         - "StormCrawler 1.16 http://stormcrawler.net/"
       - name: "put"
         args:
          - "format"