diff --git a/VERSION23.cmake b/VERSION23.cmake
index 8a7e5b227..31a8fa5e4 100644
--- a/VERSION23.cmake
+++ b/VERSION23.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MAJOR "2" CACHE STRING "Major version")
 set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_MINOR "3" CACHE STRING "Minor version")
-set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "15" CACHE STRING "Patch version")
+set(MAXSCALE_VERSION_PATCH "16" CACHE STRING "Patch version")
 
 # This should only be incremented if a package is rebuilt
 set(MAXSCALE_BUILD_NUMBER 1 CACHE STRING "Release number")
diff --git a/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.kerberos_ssl b/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.kerberos_ssl
index fea09d0c5..3b96da3e0 100644
--- a/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.kerberos_ssl
+++ b/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.kerberos_ssl
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ssl=required
 ssl_cert=/###access_homedir###/certs/server-cert.pem
 ssl_key=/###access_homedir###/certs/server-key.pem
 ssl_ca_cert=/###access_homedir###/certs/ca.pem
-
+ssl_verify_peer_cert=false
 
 [Read-Connection-Listener-Slave]
 type=listener
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ ssl=required
 ssl_cert=/###access_homedir###/certs/server-cert.pem
 ssl_key=/###access_homedir###/certs/server-key.pem
 ssl_ca_cert=/###access_homedir###/certs/ca.pem
+ssl_verify_peer_cert=false
 
 [Read-Connection-Listener-Master]
 type=listener
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ ssl=required
 ssl_cert=/###access_homedir###/certs/server-cert.pem
 ssl_key=/###access_homedir###/certs/server-key.pem
 ssl_ca_cert=/###access_homedir###/certs/ca.pem
+ssl_verify_peer_cert=false
 
 [CLI-Listener]
 type=listener