diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 2fa789811d7bd..1ac065c05df8f 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/managed-ledger/pom.xml b/managed-ledger/pom.xml
index 90e5733959fb4..f52e0e1f3f1f2 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/pom.xml
+++ b/managed-ledger/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 72de492e6d205..c5aaafdf22e91 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
   <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
 
-  <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.16</version>
 
   <name>Pulsar</name>
   <description>Pulsar is a distributed pub-sub messaging platform with a very
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/pom.xml b/pulsar-broker-common/pom.xml
index 88b448dcc3eab..d49dc3eaf5dd8 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>pulsar-broker-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/pom.xml b/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
index 2be49438b2cfc..3658014cba237 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-broker/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-checksum/pom.xml b/pulsar-checksum/pom.xml
index 75ae7e37ce8f5..cff9f3fe74f66 100644
--- a/pulsar-checksum/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-checksum/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml b/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml
index 6fbcc781ca632..165d01e96c1a5 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/pom.xml b/pulsar-client-tools/pom.xml
index 9cbabc5228aaa..4a38c1a1f2942 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client/pom.xml b/pulsar-client/pom.xml
index 86d7e2ba27562..f137afb665773 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-common/pom.xml b/pulsar-common/pom.xml
index d474893c4d638..6b22bd0eb5738 100644
--- a/pulsar-common/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-common/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml b/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml
index 9932704e49a7b..4ee2d3c1bf075 100644
--- a/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-discovery-service/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-storm/pom.xml b/pulsar-storm/pom.xml
index 2d968d248b02e..5576a53331439 100644
--- a/pulsar-storm/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-storm/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml b/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml
index 5fe932533878d..68ed2460dd861 100644
--- a/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-testclient/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
 		<artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-		<version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.16</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-websocket/pom.xml b/pulsar-websocket/pom.xml
index a3bd3ae592491..a4ebb403a7b90 100644
--- a/pulsar-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml b/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml
index 1aa8342db8805..433f1ce4a2241 100644
--- a/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.pulsar</groupId>
     <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>
-    <version>1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.16</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>