diff --git a/development/apps-example.json b/development/apps-example.json
index 513d3d10..c68f7f58 100644
--- a/development/apps-example.json
+++ b/development/apps-example.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [
   {
     "url": "https://github.com/frappe/erpnext.git",
-    "branch": "version-15"
+    "branch": "version-16"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/development/installer.py b/development/installer.py
index edd62147..cb6b774a 100755
--- a/development/installer.py
+++ b/development/installer.py
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ def get_args_parser():
         "--frappe-branch",
         action="store",
         type=str,
-        help="frappe repo to use, default: version-15",  # noqa: E501
-        default="version-15",
+        help="frappe repo to use, default: version-16",  # noqa: E501
+        default="version-16",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-p",