From 32901018ca14d9acb05004a88d65b6ab0b29c877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jeffrey A. Clark" <aclark@aclark.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 12:03:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare 4.16.0 release (#2672)

---
 doc/changelog.rst   | 2 +-
 pymongo/_version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 4261f1c02..571ce3b63 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-Changes in Version 4.16.0 (XXXX/XX/XX)
+Changes in Version 4.16.0 (2026/01/07)
 --------------------------------------
 
 PyMongo 4.16 brings a number of changes including:
diff --git a/pymongo/_version.py b/pymongo/_version.py
index 22a0463fd..d135408fb 100644
--- a/pymongo/_version.py
+++ b/pymongo/_version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import re
 from typing import List, Tuple, Union
 
-__version__ = "4.16.0.dev1"
+__version__ = "4.16.0"
 
 
 def get_version_tuple(version: str) -> Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]: