diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef5325de..85fa40cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+1.7.16 (Jul 5, 2023)
+======
+Features:
+------
+* Add an option for ENABLE_CJSON_VERSION_SO in CMakeLists.txt, see #534
+* Add cmake_policy to CMakeLists.txt, see #163
+* Add cJSON_SetBoolValue, see #639
+* Add meson documentation, see #761
+
+Fixes:
+------
+* Fix memory leak in merge_patch, see #611
+* Fix conflicting target names 'uninstall', see #617
+* Bump cmake version to 3.0 and use new version syntax, see #587
+* Print int without decimal places, see #630
+* Fix 'cjson_utils-static' target not exist, see #625
+* Add allocate check for replace_item_in_object, see #675
+* Fix a null pointer crash in cJSON_ReplaceItemViaPointer, see #726
+
 1.7.15 (Aug 25, 2021)
 ======
 Fixes:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d34969d..f23ec631 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(cJSON
-    VERSION 1.7.15
+    VERSION 1.7.16
     LANGUAGES C)
 
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW)  # set CMP0054 policy
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index f113ab22..a9a42c89 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ Current Maintainer:
 
 Contributors:  
 * [Ajay Bhargav](https://github.com/ajaybhargav)
+* [AlexanderVasiljev](https://github.com/AlexanderVasiljev)
 * [Alper Akcan](https://github.com/alperakcan)
 * [Andrew Tang](https://github.com/singku)
+* [Andy](https://github.com/mlh0101)
 * [Anton Sergeev](https://github.com/anton-sergeev)
 * [Benbuck Nason](https://github.com/bnason-nf)
 * [Bernt Johan Damslora](https://github.com/bjda)
@@ -29,20 +31,25 @@ Contributors:
 * [Fabrice Fontaine](https://github.com/ffontaine)
 * Ian Mobley
 * Irwan Djadjadi
+* [hopper-vul](https://github.com/hopper-vul)
 * [HuKeping](https://github.com/HuKeping)
 * [IvanVoid](https://github.com/npi3pak)
 * [Jakub Wilk](https://github.com/jwilk)
 * [Jiri Zouhar](https://github.com/loigu)
 * [Jonathan Fether](https://github.com/jfether)
+* [Joshua Arulsamy](https://github.com/jarulsamy)
 * [Julian Ste](https://github.com/julian-st)
 * [Julián Vásquez](https://github.com/juvasquezg)
+* [Junbo Zheng](https://github.com/Junbo-Zheng)
 * [Kevin Branigan](https://github.com/kbranigan)
 * [Kevin Sapper](https://github.com/sappo)
 * [Kyle Chisholm](https://github.com/ChisholmKyle)
 * [Linus Wallgren](https://github.com/ecksun)
+* [MaxBrandtner](https://github.com/MaxBrandtner)
 * [Mateusz Szafoni](https://github.com/raiden00pl)
 * Mike Pontillo
 * [miaoerduo](https://github.com/miaoerduo)
+* [mohawk2](https://github.com/mohawk2)
 * [Mike Jerris](https://github.com/mjerris)
 * [Mike Robinson](https://github.com/mhrobinson)
 * [Moorthy](https://github.com/moorthy-bs)
@@ -61,10 +68,14 @@ Contributors:
 * [Romain Porte](https://github.com/MicroJoe)
 * [SANJEEV BA](https://github.com/basanjeev)
 * [Sang-Heon Jeon](https://github.com/lntuition)
+* [Sayan Bandyopadhyay](https://github.com/saynb)
 * [Simon Sobisch](https://github.com/GitMensch)
 * [Simon Ricaldone](https://github.com/simon-p-r)
+* [Stoian Ivanov](https://github.com/sdrsdr)
+* [SuperH-0630](https://github.com/SuperH-0630)
 * [Square789](https://github.com/Square789)
 * [Stephan Gatzka](https://github.com/gatzka)
+* [Tony Langhammer](https://github.com/BigBrainAFK)
 * [Vemake](https://github.com/vemakereporter)
 * [Wei Tan](https://github.com/tan-wei)
 * [Weston Schmidt](https://github.com/schmidtw)
@@ -73,6 +84,7 @@ Contributors:
 * [yuta-oxo](https://github.com/yuta-oxo)
 * [Zach Hindes](https://github.com/zhindes)
 * [Zhao Zhixu](https://github.com/zhaozhixu)
+* [10km](https://github.com/10km)
 
 And probably more people on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/p/cjson/bugs/search/?q=status%3Aclosed-rejected+or+status%3Aclosed-out-of-date+or+status%3Awont-fix+or+status%3Aclosed-fixed+or+status%3Aclosed&page=0)
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bc04ae2..40b61527 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.7.15
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.16
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index d7aeecd9..f6dd11c5 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_GetNumberValue(const cJSON * const item)
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 15)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 16)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 95a9cf69..2628d763 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ then using the CJSON_API_VISIBILITY flag to "export" the same symbols the way CJ
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 15
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 16
 
 #include <stddef.h>