diff --git a/bin/internal/engine.version b/bin/internal/engine.version
index 66dcfe6601fd1c..a33d59193df0c4 100644
--- a/bin/internal/engine.version
+++ b/bin/internal/engine.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-485543c6765ab38e9effc37b1c12c293ba5f9ab6
+7ccdde78a7d174dc0bf0be77102b205e844c7998
diff --git a/bin/internal/release-candidate-branch.version b/bin/internal/release-candidate-branch.version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0ca38b3c505006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/internal/release-candidate-branch.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+flutter-3.16-candidate.0