diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
index 7a96769c..e06a36fe 100644
--- a/docs/about/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The current and past members of the MkDocs team.
 * [@d0ugal](https://github.com/d0ugal/)
 * [@waylan](https://github.com/waylan/)
 
-## Version 0.16.2 (2017-03-??)
+## Version 0.16.2 (2017-03-13)
 
 * System root (`/`) is not a valid path for site_dir or docs_dir (#1161)
 * Refactor readthedocs theme navigation (#1155 & #1156)
diff --git a/mkdocs/__init__.py b/mkdocs/__init__.py
index 987976c7..e90ece47 100644
--- a/mkdocs/__init__.py
+++ b/mkdocs/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     sys.stderr.write(("WARNING: Support for Python 2.6 will be dropped in the "
                       "1.0.0 release of MkDocs\n\n"))
 
-__version__ = '0.16.1'
+__version__ = '0.16.2'