diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 648de62..5cf6ea6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 -
 
-## 1.16.0-pre.1
+## 1.16.0
 
 - Add `no_std` implementation based on `critical-section`,
   [#195](https://github.com/matklad/once_cell/pull/195).
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 228ce1f..9a9a6df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.16.0-pre.1"
+version = "1.16.0"
 authors = ["Aleksey Kladov <aleksey.kladov@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2021"