From 7aaf1aa2b919b3055598d180c1f9d05e71a32250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Dalessio <mike.dalessio@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 15:06:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] version bump to v1.16.8

---
 CHANGELOG.md                     | 2 +-
 lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f03edf05abc..dc88adf0670 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Nokogiri follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), please see the [REA
 
 ---
 
-## next / unreleased
+## v1.16.8 / 2024-12-02
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
index 30c7ff64932..c11103638cd 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module Nokogiri
   # The version of Nokogiri you are using
-  VERSION = "1.16.7"
+  VERSION = "1.16.8"
 end