diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.16.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.16.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53d895280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/6.8.16.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[[eshadoop-6.8.16]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 6.8.16
+
+coming::[6.8.16]
+
+ES-Hadoop 6.8.16 is a version compatibility release,
+tested specifically against Elasticsearch 6.8.16.
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
index 0c6930ee2..d82ab0aae 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 [[release-notes-6]]
 ===== 6.x
 
+* <<eshadoop-6.8.16>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.15>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.14>>
 * <<eshadoop-6.8.13>>
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ http://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-hadoop/issues/XXX[#XXX]
 
 ////////////////////////
 
+include::release-notes/6.8.16.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.15.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.14.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/6.8.13.adoc[]