diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5526b161f4..152955531b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ This project is released under the [Apache 2.0 license](LICENSE).
 
 ## Changelog
 
-v0.15.0 was released in 07/04/2021.
+v0.16.0 was released in 08/04/2021.
 Please refer to [changelog.md](docs/changelog.md) for details and release history.
 
 ## Benchmark and model zoo
diff --git a/README_zh-CN.md b/README_zh-CN.md
index 325f4deedb..19556c8099 100644
--- a/README_zh-CN.md
+++ b/README_zh-CN.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ MMSegmentation 是一个基于 PyTorch 的语义分割开源工具箱。它是 O
 
 ## 更新日志
 
-最新的月度版本 v0.15.0 在 2021.07.04 发布。
+最新的月度版本 v0.16.0 在 2021.08.04 发布。
 如果想了解更多版本更新细节和历史信息，请阅读[更新日志](docs/changelog.md)。
 
 ## 基准测试和模型库
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 54edfa1238..7b8c5f184b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,48 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### V0.16 (08/04/2021)
+
+**Highlights**
+
+- Support PyTorch 1.9
+- Support SegFormer backbone MiT
+- Support md2yml pre-commit hook
+- Support frozen stage for HRNet
+
+**New Features**
+
+- Support SegFormer backbone MiT ([#594](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/594))
+- Support md2yml pre-commit hook ([#732](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/732))
+- Support mim ([#717](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/717))
+- Add mmseg2torchserve tool ([#552](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/552))
+
+**Improvements**
+
+- Support hrnet frozen stage ([#743](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/743))
+- Add template of reimplementation questions ([#741](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/741))
+- Output pdf and epub formats for readthedocs ([#742](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/742))
+- Refine the docstring of ResNet ([#723](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/723))
+- Replace interpolate with resize ([#731](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/731))
+- Update resource limit ([#700](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/700))
+- Update config.md ([#678](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/678))
+
+**Bug Fixes**
+
+- Fix ATTENTION registry ([#729](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/729))
+- Fix analyze log script ([#716](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/716))
+- Fix doc api display ([#725](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/725))
+- Fix patch_embed and pos_embed mismatch error ([#685](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/685))
+- Fix efficient test for multi-node ([#707](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/707))
+- Fix init_cfg in resnet backbone ([#697](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/697))
+- Fix efficient test bug ([#702](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/702))
+- Fix url error in config docs ([#680](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/680))
+- Fix mmcv installation ([#676](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/676))
+- Fix torch version ([#670](https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmsegmentation/pull/670))
+
+**Contributors**
+
+@sshuair @xiexinch @Junjun2016 @mmeendez8 @xvjiarui @sennnnn @puhsu @BIGWangYuDong @keke1u @daavoo
+
 ### V0.15 (07/04/2021)
 
 **Highlights**
diff --git a/docs/get_started.md b/docs/get_started.md
index cc018d7c06..ccf9d94321 100644
--- a/docs/get_started.md
+++ b/docs/get_started.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ The compatible MMSegmentation and MMCV versions are as below. Please install the
 | MMSegmentation version |    MMCV version     |
 |:-------------------:|:-------------------:|
 | master              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
+| 0.16.0              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
 | 0.15.0              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
 | 0.14.1              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
 | 0.14.0              | mmcv-full>=1.3.1, <1.3.2 |
diff --git a/docs_zh-CN/get_started.md b/docs_zh-CN/get_started.md
index e74cd7538a..a15748bb35 100644
--- a/docs_zh-CN/get_started.md
+++ b/docs_zh-CN/get_started.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 | MMSegmentation 版本 |    MMCV 版本     |
 |:-------------------:|:-------------------:|
 | master              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
+| 0.16.0              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
 | 0.15.0              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
 | 0.14.1              | mmcv-full>=1.3.7, <1.4.0 |
 | 0.14.0              | mmcv-full>=1.3.1, <1.4.0 |
diff --git a/mmseg/version.py b/mmseg/version.py
index 32ea1c548d..34877bdff8 100644
--- a/mmseg/version.py
+++ b/mmseg/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Open-MMLab. All rights reserved.
 
-__version__ = '0.15.0'
+__version__ = '0.16.0'
 
 
 def parse_version_info(version_str):