diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index a78af79837..2effcc6241 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ For an even more detailed look at what has changed, refer to the {uri-repo}/comm
 
 This project utilizes semantic versioning.
 
-== Unreleased
+// tag::compact[]
+== 2.0.16 (2021-08-03) - @mojavelinux
 
 Bug Fixes::
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ Build / Infrastructure::
   * Import source of default stylesheet into this repository; use PostCSS with cssnano to minify (#4062)
   * Use autoprefixer to manage browser prefixes in default stylesheet (#4118)
 
-// tag::compact[]
+// end::compact[]
 == 2.0.15 (2021-04-27) - @mojavelinux
 
 Bug Fixes::
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ Build / Infrastructure::
 
   * Get remaining invoker tests working on JRuby 9.1 for Windows
 
-// end::compact[]
 == 2.0.14 (2021-04-19) - @mojavelinux
 
 Bug Fixes::
diff --git a/README-de.adoc b/README-de.adoc
index 376c9aad35..57e1f149f3 100644
--- a/README-de.adoc
+++ b/README-de.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 = Asciidoctor
 Dan Allen <https://github.com/mojavelinux[@mojavelinux]>; Sarah White <https://github.com/graphitefriction[@graphitefriction]>; Ryan Waldron <https://github.com/erebor[@erebor]>
+v2.0.16, 2021-08-03
 // settings:
 :idprefix:
 :idseparator: -
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ ifdef::env-github[]
 :warning-caption: :warning:
 endif::[]
 // Variables:
-:release-version: 2.0.15
+:release-version: 2.0.16
 // URIs:
 :uri-org: https://github.com/asciidoctor
 :uri-repo: {uri-org}/asciidoctor
diff --git a/README-fr.adoc b/README-fr.adoc
index 8e57bafb5d..de6c1cc22e 100644
--- a/README-fr.adoc
+++ b/README-fr.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 = Asciidoctor
 Dan Allen <https://github.com/mojavelinux[@mojavelinux]>; Sarah White <https://github.com/graphitefriction[@graphitefriction]>; Ryan Waldron <https://github.com/erebor[@erebor]>
+v2.0.16, 2021-08-03
 // settings:
 :idprefix:
 :idseparator: -
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ ifdef::env-github[]
 :warning-caption: :warning:
 endif::[]
 // Variables:
-:release-version: 2.0.15
+:release-version: 2.0.16
 // URIs:
 :uri-org: https://github.com/asciidoctor
 :uri-repo: {uri-org}/asciidoctor
diff --git a/README-jp.adoc b/README-jp.adoc
index 475baa471c..b5c7d31a8b 100644
--- a/README-jp.adoc
+++ b/README-jp.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 = Asciidoctor
 Dan Allen <https://github.com/mojavelinux[@mojavelinux]>; Sarah White <https://github.com/graphitefriction[@graphitefriction]>; Ryan Waldron <https://github.com/erebor[@erebor]>
+v2.0.16, 2021-08-03
 // settings:
 :idprefix:
 :idseparator: -
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ ifdef::env-github[]
 :warning-caption: :warning:
 endif::[]
 // Variables:
-:release-version: 2.0.15
+:release-version: 2.0.16
 // URIs:
 :uri-org: https://github.com/asciidoctor
 :uri-repo: {uri-org}/asciidoctor
diff --git a/README-zh_CN.adoc b/README-zh_CN.adoc
index 3a5370a2b3..c625ccc0cb 100644
--- a/README-zh_CN.adoc
+++ b/README-zh_CN.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 = Asciidoctor
 Dan Allen <https://github.com/mojavelinux[@mojavelinux]>; Sarah White <https://github.com/graphitefriction[@graphitefriction]>; Ryan Waldron <https://github.com/erebor[@erebor]>
+v2.0.16, 2021-08-03
 // settings:
 :page-layout: base
 :idprefix:
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ ifdef::env-github[]
 :warning-caption: :warning:
 endif::[]
 // Variables:
-:release-version: 2.0.15
+:release-version: 2.0.16
 // URIs:
 :uri-org: https://github.com/asciidoctor
 :uri-repo: {uri-org}/asciidoctor
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index fa3164d5ff..966025b4cf 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 = Asciidoctor
 Dan Allen <https://github.com/mojavelinux[@mojavelinux]>; Sarah White <https://github.com/graphitefriction[@graphitefriction]>; Ryan Waldron <https://github.com/erebor[@erebor]>
+v2.0.16, 2021-08-03
 // settings:
 :idprefix:
 :idseparator: -
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ ifdef::env-github[]
 :warning-caption: :warning:
 endif::[]
 // Variables:
-:release-version: 2.0.15
+:release-version: 2.0.16
 // URLs:
 :url-org: https://github.com/asciidoctor
 :url-repo: {url-org}/asciidoctor
diff --git a/docs/antora.yml b/docs/antora.yml
index 462fb86f77..e8f8567cd6 100644
--- a/docs/antora.yml
+++ b/docs/antora.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ asciidoc:
   attributes:
     xrefstyle: short@
     listing-caption: Example@
-    release-version: '2.0.15'
+    release-version: '2.0.16'
     ruby-description: 'ruby 3.0.2p107 [x86_64-linux]'
     ruby-version: '3.0'
     url-ruby: https://www.ruby-lang.org
diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb b/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb
index bdbabb2be4..947ee4ea7c 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 module Asciidoctor
-  VERSION = '2.0.16.dev'
+  VERSION = '2.0.16'
 end
diff --git a/man/asciidoctor.1 b/man/asciidoctor.1
index 618ec746b4..308410b266 100644
--- a/man/asciidoctor.1
+++ b/man/asciidoctor.1
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 '\" t
 .\"     Title: asciidoctor
 .\"    Author: Dan Allen, Sarah White, Ryan Waldron
-.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15
-.\"      Date: 2021-04-27
+.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.16
+.\"      Date: 2021-08-03
 .\"    Manual: Asciidoctor Manual
-.\"    Source: Asciidoctor 2.0.15
+.\"    Source: Asciidoctor 2.0.16
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "ASCIIDOCTOR" "1" "2021-04-27" "Asciidoctor 2.0.15" "Asciidoctor Manual"
+.TH "ASCIIDOCTOR" "1" "2021-08-03" "Asciidoctor 2.0.16" "Asciidoctor Manual"
 .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
 .el       .ds Aq '
 .ss \n[.ss] 0
@@ -264,4 +264,4 @@ Dan Allen
 .sp
 Sarah White
 .sp
-Ryan Waldron
+Ryan Waldron
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/man/asciidoctor.adoc b/man/asciidoctor.adoc
index 5109d913a6..f2eef5191f 100644
--- a/man/asciidoctor.adoc
+++ b/man/asciidoctor.adoc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 = asciidoctor(1)
 Dan Allen; Sarah White; Ryan Waldron
 :doctype: manpage
-:release-version: 2.0.15
+:release-version: 2.0.16
 :man manual: Asciidoctor Manual
 :man source: Asciidoctor {release-version}
 :page-layout: base