diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 54d4b3302..121e6635e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ver 0.16 (20??/??/??)
+ver 0.16 (2010/12/11)
 * protocol:
   - send song modification time to client
   - added "update" idle event
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 94221506d..c57862bf9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16~git, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(mpd, 0.16, musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign 1.10 dist-bzip2 subdir-objects])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)