diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 40eaafbc92..b0500a702c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ jobs:
       GOARCH: amd64
       GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
       JDK_VER: ${{ matrix.java }}
-      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.15.0
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.16.0-rc.8
-      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.15.0/install/install.sh
+      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.16.0
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.16.0
+      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.16.0/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
       DAPR_REF:
       TOXIPROXY_URL: https://github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy/releases/download/v2.5.0/toxiproxy-server-linux-amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index d5348c14eb..07f0b74dd7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ jobs:
       GOARCH: amd64
       GOPROXY: https://proxy.golang.org
       JDK_VER: ${{ matrix.java }}
-      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.15.0
-      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.16.0-rc.8
-      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.15.0/install/install.sh
+      DAPR_CLI_VER: 1.16.0
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.16.0
+      DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.16.0/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
       DAPR_REF:
     steps:
diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/java-sdk-docs/spring-boot/_index.md b/daprdocs/content/en/java-sdk-docs/spring-boot/_index.md
index e6980cbd7b..34601ee746 100644
--- a/daprdocs/content/en/java-sdk-docs/spring-boot/_index.md
+++ b/daprdocs/content/en/java-sdk-docs/spring-boot/_index.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class DaprTestContainersConfig {
   @Bean
   @ServiceConnection
   public DaprContainer daprContainer(Network daprNetwork, PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgreSQLContainer){
-    return new DaprContainer("daprio/daprd:1.16.0-rc.8")
+    return new DaprContainer("daprio/daprd:1.16.0")
             .withAppName("producer-app")
             .withNetwork(daprNetwork)
             .withComponent(new Component("kvstore", "state.postgresql", "v1", STATE_STORE_PROPERTIES))
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Finally, because Dapr PubSub requires a bidirectional connection between your ap
 @Bean
 @ServiceConnection
 public DaprContainer daprContainer(Network daprNetwork, PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgreSQLContainer, RabbitMQContainer rabbitMQContainer){
-    return new DaprContainer("daprio/daprd:1.16.0-rc.8")
+    return new DaprContainer("daprio/daprd:1.16.0")
             .withAppName("producer-app")
             .withNetwork(daprNetwork)
             .withComponent(new Component("kvstore", "state.postgresql", "v1", STATE_STORE_PROPERTIES))
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f06d03eb1..0ba7bc8bf6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <grpc.version>1.69.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <protocCommand>java-sdk-protoc</protocCommand>
-    <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.16.0-rc.8/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
+    <dapr.proto.baseurl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/dapr/v1.16.0/dapr/proto</dapr.proto.baseurl>
     <dapr.sdk.version>1.16.0-rc-2</dapr.sdk.version>
     <dapr.sdk.alpha.version>0.16.0-rc-2</dapr.sdk.alpha.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md b/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md
index d2ac9858ff..2effc38ee8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/spring-boot-examples/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Once you have the cluster up and running you can install Dapr:
 helm repo add dapr https://dapr.github.io/helm-charts/
 helm repo update
 helm upgrade --install dapr dapr/dapr \
---version=1.16.0-rc.8 \
+--version=1.16.0 \
 --namespace dapr-system \
 --create-namespace \
 --wait
diff --git a/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java b/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
index 3ab1a17fc3..90a8ef570b 100644
--- a/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
+++ b/testcontainers-dapr/src/main/java/io/dapr/testcontainers/DaprContainerConstants.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 package io.dapr.testcontainers;
 
 public interface DaprContainerConstants {
-  String DAPR_VERSION = "1.16.0-rc.8";
+  String DAPR_VERSION = "1.16.0";
   String DAPR_RUNTIME_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/daprd:" + DAPR_VERSION;
   String DAPR_PLACEMENT_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/placement:" + DAPR_VERSION;
   String DAPR_SCHEDULER_IMAGE_TAG = "daprio/scheduler:" + DAPR_VERSION;