diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32746a505..fd1640e20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,23 +5,20 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.16.0] - 2024-02-07
+
 ### Added
 - Create GUID field in geopackage file [#478](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore/issues/478)
 
 ### Changed
 - Tornado and Earthquake model [#474](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore/issues/474)
+- Disable methods interact with services if in offline mode [#458](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore/issues/458)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix semantics search pytest by switching to an existing search term 
 
 
-## [Unreleased]
-
-### Changed
-- Disable methods interact with services if in offline mode [#458](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore/issues/458)
-
-
 ## [1.15.1] - 2023-12-20 
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 565bb1010..b44bd34f8 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 author = ''
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '1.15'
+version = '1.16'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.15.1'
+release = '1.16.0'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/pyincore/globals.py b/pyincore/globals.py
index cda468a99..c1e21126f 100644
--- a/pyincore/globals.py
+++ b/pyincore/globals.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
-PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.15.1"
+PACKAGE_VERSION = "1.16.0"
 
 INCORE_API_PROD_URL = "https://incore.ncsa.illinois.edu"
 INCORE_API_DEV_URL = "https://incore-dev.ncsa.illinois.edu"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fbf10497e..0e8b3373c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 # version number of pyincore
-version = '1.15.1'
+version = '1.16.0'
 
 with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     readme = f.read()