Version 1.16.0-dev.0.0

Merge commit '00e6b92e2099ad2055a857020add7837c903874d' into dev
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 86af1cd..597af30 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 1
 MINOR 16
 PATCH 0