diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0f1c6fa134..fdf697c6579 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Nokogiri follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), please see the [REA
 
 ---
 
-## next
+## v1.16.5 / 2024-05-13
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
index 8432b20bea4..fa0f9de8f2f 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 = "1.16.4"
+  VERSION = "1.16.5"
 end