diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3d69be47..cdadb455 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU findutils NEWS - User visible changes.      -*- outline -*- (allout)
 
-* Major changes in release 4.5.16-git, 2015-12-DD
+* Major changes in release 4.5.16, 2015-12-23
 
 ** Functional Changes to find
 Using -regextype egrep now has the same effect -regextype
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 41374523..edb978d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT([GNU findutils], 4.5.16-git, [bug-findutils@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GNU findutils], 4.5.16, [bug-findutils@gnu.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE