diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa50dd8e..2789538b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ update:
 	echo "remember that pymysql was tweaked"
 src:
 	### Use semantic versioning
-	echo 'Version 2.15.1-beta+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
+	echo 'Version 2.16.0-beta2+timestamp.'`date +%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S` > VERSION
 	### rm -f all junk files
 	make clean
 	### clean up baisc apps
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f47d5a20..1ad0aed2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.15.0-beta+timestamp.2017.07.05.01.48.14
+Version 2.16.0-beta2+timestamp.2017.07.10.03.14.16
diff --git a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
index 09f6de08..c58374fc 100755
--- a/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/markmin/markmin2html.py
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ def render(text,
     '<table><tbody><tr class="first"><td>a</td><td>b</td></tr><tr class="even"><td>c</td><td>d</td></tr></tbody></table>'
 
     >>> render("----\\nhello world\\n----\\n")
-    '<blockquote>hello world</blockquote>'
+    '<blockquote><p>hello world</p></blockquote>'
 
     >>> render('[[myanchor]]')
     '<p><span class="anchor" id="markmin_myanchor"></span></p>'