diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index af6d9982..5403817a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 History
 -------
 
-v0.16 (unreleased)
-......................
+v0.16 (2019-07-30)
+..................
 * improved error when a job is aborted (eg. function not found)
 
 v0.16.0b3 (2019-05-14)
diff --git a/arq/version.py b/arq/version.py
index 25218d67..560a9b71 100644
--- a/arq/version.py
+++ b/arq/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 __all__ = ['VERSION']
 
-VERSION = StrictVersion('0.16b3')
+VERSION = StrictVersion('0.16')