diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index bdc015444..90c410582 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 ChangeLog :
 ===========
 
+2009/03/22 : 1.3.16
+    - [BUILD] Fixed Makefile for linking pcre
+    - [CONTRIB] selinux policy for haproxy
+    - [MINOR] show errors: encode backslash as well as non-ascii characters
+    - [MINOR] cfgparse: some cleanups in the consistency checks
+    - [MINOR] cfgparse: set backends to "balance roundrobin" by default
+    - [MINOR] tcp-inspect: permit the use of no-delay inspection
+    - [MEDIUM] reverse internal proxy declaration order to match configuration
+    - [CLEANUP] config: catch and report some possibly wrong rule ordering
+    - [BUG] connect timeout is in the stream interface, not the buffer
+    - [BUG] session: errors were not reported in termination flags in TCP mode
+    - [MINOR] tcp_request: let the caller take care of errors and timeouts
+    - [CLEANUP] http: remove some commented out obsolete code in process_response
+    - [MINOR] update ebtree to version 4.1
+    - [MEDIUM] scheduler: get rid of the 4 trees thanks and use ebtree v4.1
+    - [BUG] sched: don't leave 3 lasts tasks unprocessed when niced tasks are present
+    - [BUG] scheduler: fix improper handling of duplicates __task_queue()
+    - [MINOR] sched: permit a task to stay up between calls
+    - [MINOR] task: keep a task count and clean up task creators
+    - [MINOR] stats: report number of tasks (active and running)
+    - [BUG] server check intervals must not be null
+    - [OPTIM] stream_sock: don't retry to read after a large read
+    - [OPTIM] buffer: new BF_READ_DONTWAIT flag reduces EAGAIN rates
+    - [MEDIUM] session: don't resync FSMs on non-interesting changes
+    - [BUG] check for global.maxconn before doing accept()
+    - [OPTIM] sepoll: do not re-check whole list upon accepts
+
 2009/03/09 : 1.3.16-rc2
     - [BUG] stream_sock: write timeout must be updated when forwarding !
 
diff --git a/VERDATE b/VERDATE
index b69877039..42b6cb03e 100644
--- a/VERDATE
+++ b/VERDATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2009/03/09
+2009/03/22
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4b159218b..25b22e060 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.16-rc2
+1.3.16
diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 324b424fb..4d58d8527 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
                                  HAProxy
                           Configuration Manual
                          ----------------------
-                            version 1.3.16-rc1
+                            version 1.3.16
                              willy tarreau
-                              2009/03/09
+                              2009/03/22
 
 
 This document covers the configuration language as implemented in the version
diff --git a/examples/haproxy-small.spec b/examples/haproxy-small.spec
index e26395371..2e2728f7f 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy-small.spec
+++ b/examples/haproxy-small.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 Name: haproxy
-Version: 1.3.15
+Version: 1.3.16
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 22 2008 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+- updated to 1.3.16
+
 * Sat Apr 19 2008 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
 - updated to 1.3.15
 
diff --git a/examples/haproxy.spec b/examples/haproxy.spec
index 289a0820a..85d7b9ae5 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy.spec
+++ b/examples/haproxy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 Name: haproxy
-Version: 1.3.15
+Version: 1.3.16
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 22 2008 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+- updated to 1.3.16
+
 * Sat Apr 19 2008 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
 - updated to 1.3.15