diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0dc912665..fa0034407 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.5.16.dev0
+1.5.16
  * #379: Suppress console output in sample crontab and systemd service files.
  * #407: Fix syslog logging on FreeBSD.
  * #430: Fix hang when restoring a PostgreSQL "tar" format database dump.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ebc47fd2e..80d181554 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.5.16.dev0'
+VERSION = '1.5.16'
 
 
 setup(