diff --git a/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml
index 0f79d466..292937f2 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-apache-client/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-model</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15.1</version>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
diff --git a/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml b/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml
index c57c73ad..739be14d 100644
--- a/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ask-sdk-core/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazon.alexa</groupId>
       <artifactId>ask-sdk-model</artifactId>
-      <version>1.15.1</version>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.powermock</groupId>