diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6eb002c..57269c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.16.0] - 2025-02-03
 ### Added
 - Add support for JSON API calls with new method `callApiJson`.
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ of the alert (zaproxy/zaproxy#1341), older methods were deprecated.
  - First version as "stand alone library", it was migrated from the [zaproxy repository](https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy)
  and released to Maven Central.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.15.0...HEAD
+[1.16.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0
 [1.15.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.14.0...v1.15.0
 [1.14.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.13.0...v1.14.0
 [1.13.0]: https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-api-java/compare/v1.12.0...v1.13.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e72d243..9d6a99c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ can be obtained from [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/) with following c
 
  * GroupId: `org.zaproxy`
  * ArtifactId: `zap-clientapi`
- * Version: `1.15.0`
+ * Version: `1.16.0`
 
 Previous releases are also available, more details can be found in [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:org.zaproxy%20AND%20a:zap-clientapi&core=gav).
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 4474681..8cfec3d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ subprojects {
 
     group = "org.zaproxy"
 
-    version = "1.16.0-SNAPSHOT"
+    version = "1.16.0"
     extra["versionBC"] = "1.15.0"
 
     java {