diff --git a/Documentation/docinfo.xml b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
index 00fc54948..8340a32fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/docinfo.xml
+++ b/Documentation/docinfo.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Version 2.2.15 - January 2015
-for version 2.2.15
-2015-01-30
+Version 2.2.16 - February 2015
+for version 2.2.16
+2015-02-12
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
diff --git a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
index 0cbd771ae..6ca1caa2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/includes/global-attributes.asciidoc
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
// TODO have the build system take care of this
-:release_version: 2.2.15
+:release_version: 2.2.16
// vim: set syntax=asciidoc tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1d4781387..693d0f250 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.2.16 (2015-02-DD)
+2.2.16 (2015-02-12)
-------------------
New features
diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 13e56d03b..135790138 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
MAJOR_VERSION=2
MINOR_VERSION=2
-SUBMINOR_VERSION=15
+SUBMINOR_VERSION=16