diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e350818d..b500eddc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
-## [Unreleased](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v15.0.0...master)
+## [Unreleased](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v16.0.0...master)
+
+## [16.0.0](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v15.0.1...v16.0.0) (2022-02-02)
+
+### Added
+
+- _Breaking:_ Backtick support 🎉 (template literals). If you had values containing the backtick character, please quote those values with either single or double quotes.
 
 ## [15.0.1](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv/compare/v15.0.0...v15.0.1) (2022-02-02)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e993f22..8b51f70a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ The parsing engine currently supports the following rules:
 line'}
 ```
 
+- backticks are supported (`BACKTICK_KEY=`This has 'single' and "double" quotes inside of it.``)
+
 ### What happens to environment variables that were already set?
 
 By default, we will never modify any environment variables that have already been set. In particular, if there is a variable in your `.env` file which collides with one that already exists in your environment, then that variable will be skipped.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index de80a80b..caef27ce 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "dotenv",
-  "version": "15.0.1",
+  "version": "16.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "version": "15.0.1",
+      "version": "16.0.0",
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^17.0.9",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 295755bf..b413ed3a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dotenv",
-  "version": "15.0.1",
+  "version": "16.0.0",
   "description": "Loads environment variables from .env file",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "types": "lib/main.d.ts",