diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 234bb5d..9633ebf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Unreleased
+2017-02-09
   * Version 3.16
   * (feature) Support kernel-timestamping of received packets (#46)
   * (feature) Simplify restrictions: only -i >= 1 and -p >= 10 are enforced now
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b6bbc49..f2ea4f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl Minimum Autoconf version required.
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 
-AC_INIT([fping],[3.16-rc1])
+AC_INIT([fping],[3.16])
 
 dnl make ipv4 and ipv6 options
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([ipv4],