diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index d00d72e9..63c8e596 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
+2.16.0 (2017-05-26)
++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Unvendor ALL the things!
+
 2.15.1 (2017-05-26)
 +++++++++++++++++++
 
-Everyone makes mistakes.
+- Everyone makes mistakes.
 
 2.15.0 (2017-05-26)
 +++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/requests/__version__.py b/requests/__version__.py
index 43e8f6c6..7f1d4363 100644
--- a/requests/__version__.py
+++ b/requests/__version__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 __title__ = 'requests'
 __description__ = 'Python HTTP for Humans.'
 __url__ = 'http://python-requests.org'
-__version__ = '2.15.1'
-__build__ = 0x021501
+__version__ = '2.16.0'
+__build__ = 0x021600
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __author_email__ = 'me@kennethreitz.org'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'