diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index b8a493deb6..9cfb38def4 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# 0.16.0 (January 30, 2022)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Upgrade to `v0.17.0` of `opentelemetry` (#1853)
+  For list of breaking changes in OpenTelemetry, see the
+  [v0.17.0 changelog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/blob/main/opentelemetry/CHANGELOG.md#v0170).
 # 0.15.0 (August 7, 2021)
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 9b1ade1f25..9f3af470e3 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 authors = [
     "Julian Tescher <julian@tescher.me>",
     "Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"
diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/README.md b/tracing-opentelemetry/README.md
index 4ea5f9c7fb..d5bea68a94 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/README.md
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ Utilities for adding [OpenTelemetry] interoperability to [`tracing`].
 [Documentation][docs-url] | [Chat][discord-url]
 
 [crates-badge]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/tracing-opentelemetry.svg
-[crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing-opentelemetry/0.15.0
+[crates-url]: https://crates.io/crates/tracing-opentelemetry/0.16.0
 [docs-badge]: https://docs.rs/tracing-opentelemetry/badge.svg
-[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/tracing-opentelemetry/0.15.0/tracing_opentelemetry
+[docs-url]: https://docs.rs/tracing-opentelemetry/0.16.0/tracing_opentelemetry
 [docs-master-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-master-blue
 [docs-master-url]: https://tracing-rs.netlify.com/tracing_opentelemetry
 [mit-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg
diff --git a/tracing-opentelemetry/src/lib.rs b/tracing-opentelemetry/src/lib.rs
index d23f63af65..ba4a4f914e 100644
--- a/tracing-opentelemetry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tracing-opentelemetry/src/lib.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 //!
 #![deny(unreachable_pub)]
 #![cfg_attr(test, deny(warnings))]
-#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-opentelemetry/0.15.0")]
+#![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tracing-opentelemetry/0.16.0")]
 #![doc(
     html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tokio-rs/tracing/master/assets/logo-type.png",
     html_favicon_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tokio-rs/tracing/master/assets/favicon.ico",