diff --git a/SAS/XML_generator/src/xmlgen.py b/SAS/XML_generator/src/xmlgen.py
index baa5b865cf82433ee9a9b71e0f1713015f7e7dbc..c696085d6e2784a18fc57a198892a5974b32b769 100755
--- a/SAS/XML_generator/src/xmlgen.py
+++ b/SAS/XML_generator/src/xmlgen.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # XML generator prototype
 
-VERSION = "2.16.0"
+VERSION = "2.16.1"
     
 import sys, getopt, time
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as XMLescape