diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dcd5a7a0..f4d6cc3b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([Finit], [4.16-rc1], [https://github.com/finit-project/finit/issues],
+AC_INIT([Finit], [4.16], [https://github.com/finit-project/finit/issues],
 	[finit], [https://http://finit-project.github.io/])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(aux)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign subdir-objects])
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.md b/doc/ChangeLog.md
index 817435f7..de83c539 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Change Log
 
 All relevant changes are documented in this file.
 
-[4.16][] - 2026-02-28
+[4.16][] - 2026-02-27
 ---------------------
 
 ### Changes