diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8201659af..55fde023f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2.16.0
+==
+
+Thanks to Jens Granseuer for changes in this release.
+
+ - Fix the build with c89/gcc 2.95.
+
+Translators
+  Rahul Bhalerao (mr), Runa Bhattacharjee (bn_IN), Woodman Tuen
+  (zh_HK, zh_TW), Kostas Papadimas (el), Ani Peter (ml),
+  Jonathan Ernst (fr), Горан Ракић (sr, Gabor Kelemen (hu),
+  Maxim Dziumanenko (uk), Duarte Loreto (pt), Jordi Mallach (ca),
+  Gintautas Miliauskas (lt)
+
 2.15.34
 ==
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4dd64996c..2b82e5cd6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ on UNIX keyboards.
 The first release of Metacity was version 2.3. Metacity has no need for
 your petty hangups about version numbers.
 
-The stable releases so far are 2.4.x, 2.6.x, 2.8.[01], 2.8.1.x, 2.8.5-, 2.10.x,
-2.12.x, 2.14.x.
+The stable releases so far are 2.4.x, 2.6.x, 2.8.[01], 2.8.1.x, 2.8.5-,
+2.10.x, 2.12.x, 2.14.x, 2.16.x.
 
-Unstable branches are 2.3.x, 2.5.x, 2.8.2-4, 2.9.x, 2.11.x, 2.13.x, 2.15.x
+Unstable branches are 2.3.x, 2.5.x, 2.8.2-4, 2.9.x, 2.11.x, 2.13.x,
+2.15.x, 2.17.x.
 
 COMPILING METACITY
 ===
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 91f65eedf..24809e585 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
 # Fibonacci sequence for micro version numbering:
 # 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987
-AC_INIT([metacity], [2.15.55],
+AC_INIT([metacity], [2.16.0],
         [http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=metacity])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/display.c)