diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dcade4d9c7a60b2abda4bbff83806eb191bc1a2c..3e62598dd7315c8adc53ffc937ddc8647c933ac4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+python-defaults (2.7.16-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Bump version to 2.7.16.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:48:56 +0100
+
+python-defaults (2.7.15-4) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Matthias Klose ]
+  * Fix some lintian warnings.
+  * Fix typo in dh_python2(1) (Chris Lamb). Closes: #901079.
+  * Bump standards version.
+  * python-minimal: Make the python-central conflict unversioned.
+    Closes: #910234.
+
+  [ Scott Kitterman ]
+  * Remove myself from uploaders 
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:56:03 +0100
+
 python-defaults (2.7.15-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix pyversions -d invocation. Closes: #900983.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b2a4974dd975c5406fb2c6329a4d9eb41c8a0b55..d2ff9427e31582a1cca7d9e19a42dc6285253079 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ Source: python-defaults
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
-Uploaders: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>, Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11), python2.7:any (>= 2.7.15-1),
+Uploaders: Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11), python2.7:any (>= 2.7.16-1~),
   lsb-release,
   python-all:any,
-  python2.7:any (>= 2.7.15-1~),
-Standards-Version: 4.1.4
+  python2.7:any (>= 2.7.16-1~),
+Standards-Version: 4.3.0
 Homepage: https://www.python.org/
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python-defaults.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python-defaults
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
 Priority: optional
 Pre-Depends: python-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7 (>= 2.7.15-1~), libpython-stdlib (= ${binary:Version}), python2 (= ${binary:Version})
-Suggests: python-doc (= ${binary:Version}), python-tk (>= 2.7.15-1~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7 (>= 2.7.16-1~), libpython-stdlib (= ${binary:Version}), python2 (= ${binary:Version})
+Suggests: python-doc (= ${binary:Version}), python-tk (>= 2.7.16-1~)
 Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
 Breaks: update-manager-core (<< 0.200.5-2)
 Replaces: python-dev (<< 2.6.5-2)
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ Package: python-minimal
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
 Priority: optional
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-minimal (>= 2.7.15-1~), dpkg (>= 1.13.20), python2-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-minimal (>= 2.7.16-1~), dpkg (>= 1.13.20), python2-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
 Recommends: python
-Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
+Conflicts: python-central
 Breaks: python (<= 2.7.3-1~), python-dev (<< 2.6), python-dbg (<< 2.6), python-all (<< 2.6), python-all-dev (<< 2.6), python-all-dbg (<< 2.6), python-examples (<< 2.6), idle (<< 2.6), python2.5-minimal (<< 2.5.5-7), python2.6-minimal (<< 2.6.5~rc2-2), python3.1-minimal (<< 3.1.2~rc1-2), python-support (<< 1.0.10ubuntu2)
 Replaces: python (<= 2.7.3-1~)
 Description: minimal subset of the Python2 language
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: python
 Package: python-dev
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), libpython-dev (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dev (>= 2.7.15-1~), python2-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), libpython-dev (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dev (>= 2.7.16-1~), python2-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: header files and a static library for Python2
  Header files, a static library and development tools for building
  Python2 modules, extending the Python2 interpreter or embedding Python2
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Package: libpython-dev
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Section: libdevel
-Depends: libpython2.7-dev (>= 2.7.15-1~), ${misc:Depends}, libpython2-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: libpython2.7-dev (>= 2.7.16-1~), ${misc:Depends}, libpython2-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: header files and a static library for Python2
  Header files, a static library and development tools for building
  Python2 modules, extending the Python2 interpreter or embedding Python2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Package: libpython-stdlib
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Priority: optional
-Depends: libpython2.7-stdlib (>= 2.7.15-1~), ${misc:Depends}, libpython2-stdlib (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: libpython2.7-stdlib (>= 2.7.16-1~), ${misc:Depends}, libpython2-stdlib (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (Python2)
  Python2, the high-level, interactive object oriented language,
  includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Package: python-doc
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
 Multi-Arch: foreign
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-doc (>= 2.7.15-1~), python2-doc (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-doc (>= 2.7.16-1~), python2-doc (= ${binary:Version})
 Suggests: python-examples, python (= ${binary:Version})
 Breaks: python (<< 2.3.5)
 Replaces: python (<< 2.3.5)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Package: python-dbg
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
 Section: debug
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), libpython-dbg (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.15-1~), python2-dbg (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), libpython-dbg (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.16-1~), python2-dbg (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: debug build of the Python Interpreter2 (version 2.7)
  Python2 interpreter configured with --pydebug. Dynamically loaded modules are
  searched in /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/debug first.
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Package: libpython-dbg
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Section: debug
-Depends: libpython2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.15-1~), ${misc:Depends}, libpython2-dbg (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: libpython2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.16-1~), ${misc:Depends}, libpython2-dbg (= ${binary:Version})
 Description: debug build of the Python2 Interpreter (version 2.7)
  Python2 interpreter configured with --pydebug. Dynamically loaded modules
  are searched in /usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/debug first.
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
 Priority: optional
 Pre-Depends: python2-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7 (>= 2.7.15-1~), libpython2-stdlib (= ${binary:Version})
-Suggests: python2-doc (= ${binary:Version}), python-tk (>= 2.7.15-1~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7 (>= 2.7.16-1~), libpython2-stdlib (= ${binary:Version})
+Suggests: python2-doc (= ${binary:Version}), python-tk (>= 2.7.16-1~)
 Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
 Breaks: update-manager-core (<< 0.200.5-2), python (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: python-dev (<< 2.6.5-2), python (<< 2.7.15-2)
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Package: python2-minimal
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
 Priority: optional
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-minimal (>= 2.7.15-1~), dpkg (>= 1.13.20)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-minimal (>= 2.7.16-1~), dpkg (>= 1.13.20)
 Recommends: python2
 Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
 Breaks: python (<= 2.7.3-1~), python-dev (<< 2.6), python-dbg (<< 2.6), python-all (<< 2.6), python-all-dev (<< 2.6), python-all-dbg (<< 2.6), python-examples (<< 2.6), idle (<< 2.6), python2.5-minimal (<< 2.5.5-7), python2.6-minimal (<< 2.6.5~rc2-2), python3.1-minimal (<< 3.1.2~rc1-2), python-support (<< 1.0.10ubuntu2), python-minimal (<< 2.7.15-2)
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Cnf-Visible-Pkgname: python2
 Package: python2-dev
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2 (= ${binary:Version}), libpython2-dev (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dev (>= 2.7.15-1~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2 (= ${binary:Version}), libpython2-dev (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dev (>= 2.7.16-1~)
 Breaks: python-dev (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: python-dev (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Description: header files and a static library for Python2
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Package: libpython2-dev
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Section: libdevel
-Depends: libpython2.7-dev (>= 2.7.15-1~), ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: libpython2.7-dev (>= 2.7.16-1~), ${misc:Depends}
 Breaks: libpython-dev (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: libpython-dev (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Description: header files and a static library for Python2
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Package: libpython2-stdlib
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Priority: optional
-Depends: libpython2.7-stdlib (>= 2.7.15-1~), ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: libpython2.7-stdlib (>= 2.7.16-1~), ${misc:Depends}
 Breaks: libpython-stdlib (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: libpython-stdlib (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (Python2)
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Package: python2-doc
 Section: doc
 Architecture: all
 Multi-Arch: foreign
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-doc (>= 2.7.15-1~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-doc (>= 2.7.16-1~)
 Suggests: python2 (= ${binary:Version})
 Breaks: python-doc (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: python-doc (<< 2.7.15-2)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Package: python2-dbg
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: allowed
 Section: debug
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2 (= ${binary:Version}), libpython2-dbg (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.15-1~)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python2 (= ${binary:Version}), libpython2-dbg (= ${binary:Version}), python2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.16-1~)
 Breaks: python-dbg (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: python-dbg (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Description: debug build of the Python2 interpreter (version 2.7)
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Package: libpython2-dbg
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Section: debug
-Depends: libpython2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.15-1~), ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: libpython2.7-dbg (>= 2.7.16-1~), ${misc:Depends}
 Breaks: libpython-dbg (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Replaces: libpython-dbg (<< 2.7.15-2)
 Description: debug build of the Python2 interpreter (version 2.7)
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 17e874ab7aabe4049894c54dff260c71013361bc..afa7ab1d8e06ba09d7996f995c868d6df285074c 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ Source: python-defaults
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
-Uploaders: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>, Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
+Uploaders: Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), @bd_i586@,
   lsb-release,
   python-all:any,
   @PVER@:any (>= @PREVVER@),
-Standards-Version: 4.1.4
+Standards-Version: 4.3.0
 Homepage: https://www.python.org/
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python-defaults.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python-defaults
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Multi-Arch: allowed
 Priority: optional
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, @PVER@-minimal (>= @PREVVER@), dpkg (>= 1.13.20), python2-minimal (= ${binary:Version})
 Recommends: python
-Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
+Conflicts: python-central
 Breaks: python (<= 2.7.3-1~), python-dev (<< 2.6), python-dbg (<< 2.6), python-all (<< 2.6), python-all-dev (<< 2.6), python-all-dbg (<< 2.6), python-examples (<< 2.6), idle (<< 2.6), python2.5-minimal (<< 2.5.5-7), python2.6-minimal (<< 2.6.5~rc2-2), python3.1-minimal (<< 3.1.2~rc1-2), python-support (<< 1.0.10ubuntu2)
 Replaces: python (<= 2.7.3-1~)
 Description: minimal subset of the Python2 language
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5445b9e7a2138f739bfdf768410e29a9bf57ac21..5cda6b618778e728db9bd162048440bc2e22523d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ export PVER=python2.7
 
 PREVVER	:= $(shell awk '/^python/ && NR > 1 {print substr($$2,2,length($$2)-2); exit}' debian/changelog)
 # first version with Multi-Arch: allowed
-PREVVER := 2.7.15-1~
+PREVVER := 2.7.16-1~
 
 # not yet allowed
 ma_allowed	= yes
 
 ifeq (,$(filter $(distrelease),lenny etch squeeze wheezy lucid maverick natty oneiric precise quantal raring saucy trusty))
-  bd_i586 = dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11), python2.7:any (>= 2.7.15-1)
+  bd_i586 = dpkg-dev (>= 1.17.11), python2.7:any (>= 2.7.16-1~)
 endif
 
 
diff --git a/dh_python2 b/dh_python2
index 34179a8fb513d54c47267143c24417ed8357ccfa..326190f9011c448bca22483d10cbf3f8cc8aa3ed 100755
--- a/dh_python2
+++ b/dh_python2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/python2
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*- vim: et ts=4 sw=4
 
 # Copyright © 2010-2012 Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
diff --git a/dh_python2.1 b/dh_python2.1
index 8d560bf6acf81ddab2e0fbf3eeef25f9a4cd11c3..b80b16f7b9bf0f4995b96548c5d3ba1ab6b60932 100644
--- a/dh_python2.1
+++ b/dh_python2.1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ more strict dependencies (f.e. to avoid ABI problems) create
 debian/python\-foo.pydist file. See /usr/share/doc/python\-doc/README.PyDist
 (provided by python\-doc package) for more information. If the pydist file
 contains PEP386 flag or set of (uscan like) rules, dh_python2 will make the
-depedency versioned (version requirements are ignored by default).
+dependency versioned (version requirements are ignored by default).
 .SS namespace feature
 .sp
 dh_python2 parses Egg\(aqs namespace_packages.txt files (in addition to
diff --git a/dh_python2.rst b/dh_python2.rst
index 8bdde943ded06121d3c0d8a725f6cf13136dbb06..075411ced2d3d032fef1c631c55be5994ebf7932 100644
--- a/dh_python2.rst
+++ b/dh_python2.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ more strict dependencies (f.e. to avoid ABI problems) create
 debian/python-foo.pydist file. See /usr/share/doc/python-doc/README.PyDist
 (provided by python-doc package) for more information. If the pydist file
 contains PEP386 flag or set of (uscan like) rules, dh_python2 will make the
-depedency versioned (version requirements are ignored by default).
+dependency versioned (version requirements are ignored by default).
 
 namespace feature
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~