diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a057d96..55a4006 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 The third digit is only for regressions.
 
 
-16.0.0 (UNRELEASED)
+16.0.0 (2016-03-19)
 -------------------
 
 This is the first release under full stewardship of PyCA.
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/"