diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 9ce6d03589..2a80b80ac4 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
-## Unreleased
+## 6.16.5 (09/08/2021)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fixed a bug affecting the batched `MultiGet` API when used with keys spanning multiple column families and `sorted_input == false`.
 
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/version.h b/include/rocksdb/version.h
index 6a07989feb..df79f51833 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/version.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/version.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #define ROCKSDB_MAJOR 6
 #define ROCKSDB_MINOR 16
-#define ROCKSDB_PATCH 4
+#define ROCKSDB_PATCH 5
 
 // Do not use these. We made the mistake of declaring macros starting with
 // double underscore. Now we have to live with our choice. We'll deprecate these