diff --git a/src/OpenSSL/version.py b/src/OpenSSL/version.py
index 7472ae9..715051d 100644
--- a/src/OpenSSL/version.py
+++ b/src/OpenSSL/version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "__title__", "__uri__", "__version__",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "16.0.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "16.0.0"
 
 __title__ = "pyOpenSSL"
 __uri__ = "https://pyopenssl.readthedocs.org/"