diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8b38ebbf7..a76eedf888 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.16.1-dev8
+## 0.16.1
 
 ### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index 0358235928..f43e518484 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.16.1-dev8"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.16.1"  # pragma: no cover