diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/8.16.5.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/8.16.5.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e49b8dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release-notes/8.16.5.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[eshadoop-8.16.5]]
+== Elasticsearch for Apache Hadoop version 8.16.5
+
+ES-Hadoop 8.16.5 is a version compatibility release, tested specifically against
+Elasticsearch 8.16.5.
diff --git a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
index c2ca385a5..b73ed8c80 100644
--- a/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/reference/asciidoc/appendix/release.adoc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This section summarizes the changes in each release.
 * <<eshadoop-8.17.2>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.17.1>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.17.0>>
+* <<eshadoop-8.16.5>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.16.4>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.16.3>>
 * <<eshadoop-8.16.2>>
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ Elasticsearch 5.3.1.
 include::release-notes/8.17.2.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.1.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.17.0.adoc[]
+include::release-notes/8.16.5.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.4.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.3.adoc[]
 include::release-notes/8.16.2.adoc[]