diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b646ba6..0cd8053 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ distribute-*.tar.gz
 
 # Mac OSX
 .DS_Store
+
+# VS Code
+.vscode
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 23ee714..a65e88b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0.16 (unreleased)
+0.16 (2022-07-19)
 -----------------
 
 - Add new SDSS filters which include atmospheric extinction (airmass=1.3).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d8ed3fa..835ebe1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ edit_on_github = True
 github_project = desihub/speclite
 install_requires = astropy scipy pyyaml pytest_astropy_header
 # version should be PEP440 compatible, e.g. 0.8 or 0.8dev (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440)
-version = 0.16dev
+version = 0.16
 
 [entry_points]
 speclite_benchmark = speclite.benchmark:main