diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74a375db..4f4f76dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+## 0.16.5rc0 (2024-09-23)
+
+### Fix
+
+- also return the xFormId from append_mandatory_fields, add logs
+- **mandatory-fields-xlsform**: omit questions on entity preselect, make feature selection mandatory
+
+### Refactor
+
+- small tweak to mandatory fields xlsform
+
 ## 0.16.4 (2024-09-20)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b5e03bc..171e9dde 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 PACKAGE := org.osm_fieldwork.py
 NAME := osm-fieldwork
-VERSION := 0.16.4
+VERSION := 0.16.5rc0
 
 # All python source files
 FILES := $(wildcard ./osm_fieldwork/*.py)
diff --git a/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py b/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py
index abd732c5..83147dec 100644
--- a/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py
+++ b/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.16.4"
+__version__ = "0.16.5rc0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f6ecec2..6a91531b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ asyncio_mode="auto"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "0.16.4"
+version = "0.16.5rc0"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",
     "osm_fieldwork/__version__.py",