diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index cf599ffe737..d239002e141 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <payara.core.version>6.17.0-SNAPSHOT</payara.core.version>
-        <payara.core.compare-version>6.15.0</payara.core.compare-version>
+        <payara.core.compare-version>6.16.0</payara.core.compare-version>
         <!-- BOM dependencies versions -->
         <payara.security-connectors.version>3.1.1</payara.security-connectors.version>
         <hk2.version>3.0.1.payara-p4</hk2.version>