diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ff924604cb..3a0fe606f8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Synapse 1.16.0 (2020-07-08)
+===========================
+
+No significant changes since 1.16.0rc2.
+
+Note that this release deprecates the `m.login.jwt` login method, renaming it
+to `org.matrix.login.jwt`, as `m.login.jwt` is not part of the Matrix spec.
+Otherwise the behaviour is identical. Synapse will accept both names for now,
+but this may change in a future release.
+
 Synapse 1.16.0rc2 (2020-07-02)
 ==============================
 
@@ -39,11 +49,6 @@ Security advisory
 Synapse 1.16.0rc1 (2020-07-01)
 ==============================
 
-Note that this release deprecates the `m.login.jwt` login method, renaming it
-to `org.matrix.login.jwt`, as `m.login.jwt` is not part of the Matrix spec.
-Otherwise the behaviour is identical. Synapse will accept both names for now,
-but this may change in a future release.
-
 Features
 --------
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c068510b93..1e7d7191ad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+matrix-synapse-py3 (1.16.0) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New synapse release 1.16.0.
+
+ -- Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>  Wed, 08 Jul 2020 11:03:48 +0100
+
 matrix-synapse-py3 (1.15.2) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * New synapse release 1.15.2.
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 0ffbcae502..de65ce6db8 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-__version__ = "1.16.0rc2"
+__version__ = "1.16.0"
 
 if bool(os.environ.get("SYNAPSE_TEST_PATCH_LOG_CONTEXTS", False)):
     # We import here so that we don't have to install a bunch of deps when