diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 48fa08125c6..0f96b1d4da4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- The plugins' release version -->
-        <release.version>2.16-pre4</release.version>
+        <release.version>2.16.0</release.version>
 
         <!-- The plugins' build number -->
         <build.version>${git.closest.tag.commit.count}</build.version>