diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f4f76dce..0e7f4fefa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 0.16.5 (2024-09-23)
+
+### Fix
+
+- mandatory and digitisation xlsform logic
+
+### Refactor
+
+- remove logic for appending task_ids to choices in xlsform
+
 ## 0.16.5rc0 (2024-09-23)
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 171e9dde1..6d15713d8 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 PACKAGE := org.osm_fieldwork.py
 NAME := osm-fieldwork
-VERSION := 0.16.5rc0
+VERSION := 0.16.5
 
 # All python source files
 FILES := $(wildcard ./osm_fieldwork/*.py)
diff --git a/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py b/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py
index 83147decd..09cac6d4d 100644
--- a/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py
+++ b/osm_fieldwork/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.16.5rc0"
+__version__ = "0.16.5"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6a91531b3..f3e63cf2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ asyncio_mode="auto"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
 name = "cz_conventional_commits"
-version = "0.16.5rc0"
+version = "0.16.5"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",
     "osm_fieldwork/__version__.py",