diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eabbff7e01c..2f8745c2289 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 2.16.0-rc.1 / 2020-02-10
+## 2.16.0 / 2020-02-13
 
 * [FEATURE] React UI: Support local timezone on /graph #6692
 * [FEATURE] PromQL: add absent_over_time query function #6490
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fe29787ed60..75249069675 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.0-rc.1
+2.16.0