diff --git a/build/nuget/SSH.NET.nuspec b/build/nuget/SSH.NET.nuspec
index deb2a1c2..8afa607f 100644
--- a/build/nuget/SSH.NET.nuspec
+++ b/build/nuget/SSH.NET.nuspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2011/08/nuspec.xsd">
     <metadata>
         <id>SSH.NET</id>
-        <version>2016.0.0</version>
+        <version>2016.1.0-beta1</version>
         <title>SSH.NET</title>
         <authors>Renci</authors>
         <owners>olegkap,drieseng</owners>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <projectUrl>https://github.com/sshnet/SSH.NET/</projectUrl>
         <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
         <description>SSH.NET is a Secure Shell (SSH) library for .NET, optimized for parallelism and with broad framework support.</description>
-        <releaseNotes>https://github.com/sshnet/SSH.NET/releases/tag/2016.0.0</releaseNotes>
+        <releaseNotes>https://github.com/sshnet/SSH.NET/releases/tag/2016.1.0-beta1</releaseNotes>
         <summary>A Secure Shell (SSH) library for .NET, optimized for parallelism.</summary>
         <copyright>2012-2016, RENCI</copyright>
         <language>en-US</language>
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Classes/Sftp/SftpSessionTest_Connected_RequestRead.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Classes/Sftp/SftpSessionTest_Connected_RequestRead.cs
index 57f1d586..c8780036 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Classes/Sftp/SftpSessionTest_Connected_RequestRead.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet.Tests/Classes/Sftp/SftpSessionTest_Connected_RequestRead.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using Moq;
 using Renci.SshNet.Channels;
 using Renci.SshNet.Common;
 using Renci.SshNet.Sftp;
-using Renci.SshNet.Sftp.Responses;
 
 namespace Renci.SshNet.Tests.Classes.Sftp
 {
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Properties/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet/Properties/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
index 2f23393b..9d29d05b 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Properties/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Properties/CommonAssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2016.1.9999")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2016.1.9999")]
-[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("2016.1.9999-dev")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2016.1.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2016.1.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("2016.1.0-beta1")]
 [assembly: CLSCompliant(false)]
 
 // Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
diff --git a/src/Renci.SshNet/Sftp/SftpSession.cs b/src/Renci.SshNet/Sftp/SftpSession.cs
index 2caa4a8c..8a3c6773 100644
--- a/src/Renci.SshNet/Sftp/SftpSession.cs
+++ b/src/Renci.SshNet/Sftp/SftpSession.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using Renci.SshNet.Common;
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ namespace Renci.SshNet.Sftp
 
             if (realPathFiles != null)
             {
-                canonizedPath = realPathFiles.First().Key;
+                canonizedPath = realPathFiles[0].Key;
             }
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(canonizedPath))
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ namespace Renci.SshNet.Sftp
 
             if (realPathFiles != null)
             {
-                canonizedPath = realPathFiles.First().Key;
+                canonizedPath = realPathFiles[0].Key;
             }
 
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(canonizedPath))
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ namespace Renci.SshNet.Sftp
             }
 
             //  Resolve current directory
-            WorkingDirectory = RequestRealPath(".").First().Key;
+            WorkingDirectory = RequestRealPath(".")[0].Key;
         }
 
         protected override void OnDataReceived(byte[] data)