diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/8.16.4.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/8.16.4.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..687ec7c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/8.16.4.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[eshadoop-8.16.4]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 8.16.4
+
+ES-Hadoop 8.16.4 is a version compatibility release, tested specifically against
+Elasticsearch 8.16.4.
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
index 87fed2190..aef3a16b8 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 
 * <<eshadoop-8.17.1>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.17.0>>
+* <<eshadoop-8.16.4>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.16.3>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.16.2>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.16.1>>
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ Elasticsearch 5.3.1.
 
 include::release-notes/8.17.1.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.0.adoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.16.4.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.3.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.2.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.1.adoc[]