diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 686ce0198..335b4fea1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 0.16-SNAPSHOT:
+Version 0.16:
    [build] drop generation of broker-test, removed distribution and embedding_moquette modules from deploy phase (#616)
    [fix] introduces sessions event processors to segregate changes to a session in one single thread, simplifying concurrency and code (#631)
    [util] add collection of telemetry data (#700)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 036c71b04..61311456c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ Include dependency in your project:
 ## Build from sources
 
 After a git clone of the repository, cd into the cloned sources and: `./gradlew package`, at the end the distribution 
-package is present at `distribution/target/distribution-0.16-SNAPSHOT-bundle.tar.gz`
+package is present at `distribution/target/distribution-0.16-bundle.tar.gz`
 
 In distribution/target directory will be produced the selfcontained file for the broker with all dependencies and a running script. 
diff --git a/broker/pom.xml b/broker/pom.xml
index e226c157f..d63c5f70c 100644
--- a/broker/pom.xml
+++ b/broker/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
         <artifactId>moquette-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.moquette</groupId>
-        <version>0.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>moquette-broker</artifactId>
diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/io/moquette/broker/Server.java b/broker/src/main/java/io/moquette/broker/Server.java
index eb72aca1b..9aad75945 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/io/moquette/broker/Server.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/io/moquette/broker/Server.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 public class Server {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(io.moquette.broker.Server.class);
-    public static final String MOQUETTE_VERSION = "0.16-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String MOQUETTE_VERSION = "0.16";
 
     private ScheduledExecutorService scheduler;
     private NewNettyAcceptor acceptor;
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 371e89bc4..19b7e390e 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
         <artifactId>moquette-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.moquette</groupId>
-        <version>0.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>distribution</artifactId>
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/scripts/moquette.sh b/distribution/src/main/scripts/moquette.sh
index ef7bc74e6..0f06c1ba5 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/scripts/moquette.sh
+++ b/distribution/src/main/scripts/moquette.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ echo "  \_|  |_/\___/ \__, |\__,_|\___|\__|\__\___| \_|  |_/\_/\_\ \_/   \_/   "
 echo "                   | |                                                   "
 echo "                   |_|                                                   "
 echo "                                                                         "
-echo "                                               version: 0.16-SNAPSHOT    "
+echo "                                                        version: 0.16    "
 
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
diff --git a/embedding_moquette/pom.xml b/embedding_moquette/pom.xml
index f8eb1c931..60956d18c 100644
--- a/embedding_moquette/pom.xml
+++ b/embedding_moquette/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
         <artifactId>moquette-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.moquette</groupId>
-        <version>0.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>embedded_test</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae93f1dca..ae4285186 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <artifactId>moquette-parent</artifactId>
 
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>0.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16</version>
     <name>Moquette MQTT</name>
     <description>Moquette lightweight MQTT Broker</description>
     <inceptionYear>2011</inceptionYear>