diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ae5cb8..9699dad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Upcoming version
 
+## [v0.16.0]
+
 ### Added
 
 - [[#287](https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory/pull/287)] Support for RISC-V 64-bit platform.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 705e2f1..d20f5c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vm-memory"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 description = "Safe abstractions for accessing the VM physical memory"
 keywords = ["memory"]
 categories = ["memory-management"]