diff --git a/deploy/operator.yaml b/deploy/operator.yaml
index d85b47075..db7bcf856 100644
--- a/deploy/operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/operator.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: keycloak-operator
           # Replace this with the built image name
-          image: quay.io/keycloak/keycloak-operator:main
+          image: quay.io/keycloak/keycloak-operator:16.0.0
           command:
           - keycloak-operator
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/pkg/model/image_manager.go b/pkg/model/image_manager.go
index 37dcade70..fdb658ea5 100644
--- a/pkg/model/image_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/model/image_manager.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const (
 	RHMIBackupContainer   = "RELATED_IMAGE_RHMI_BACKUP_CONTAINER"
 	PostgresqlImage       = "RELATED_IMAGE_POSTGRESQL"
 
-	DefaultKeycloakImage         = "quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:latest"
+	DefaultKeycloakImage         = "quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:16.0.0"
 	DefaultRHSSOImageOpenJ9      = "registry.redhat.io/rh-sso-7/sso75-openj9-openshift-rhel8:7.5"
 	DefaultRHSSOImageOpenJDK     = "registry.redhat.io/rh-sso-7/sso75-openshift-rhel8:7.5"
 	DefaultKeycloakInitContainer = "quay.io/keycloak/keycloak-init-container:master"
diff --git a/release-details b/release-details
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4bb162d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-details
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+VERSION=16.0.0
+SHORT_VERSION=16.0
+NPM_VERSION=16.0.0
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index eb365bfb3..1b568c302 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package version
 
 var (
-	Version = "main"
+	Version = "16.0.0"
 )