diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 623b1ad37..f99f89480 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+## 1.16.0
+
+### Features
+- Advertise Ginkgo 2.0.  Introduce deprecations. [9ef1913]
+    - Update README.md to advertise that Ginkgo 2.0 is coming.
+    - Backport the 2.0 DeprecationTracker and start alerting users
+    about upcoming deprecations.
+
+- Add slim-sprig template functions to bootstrap/generate (#775) [9162b86]
+
+### Fixes
+- Fix accidental reference to 1488 (#784) [9fb7fe4]
+
 ## 1.15.2
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index d2857a7ef..25f8758a6 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-const VERSION = "1.15.2"
+const VERSION = "1.16.0"
 
 type GinkgoConfigType struct {
 	RandomSeed         int64