diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 55d2915f..2b838524 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.16.2] - 2024-12-19
+
 ### Added
 - `pw.xpacks.llm.prompts.RAGPromptTemplate`, set of prompt utilities that enable verifying templates and creating UDFs from prompt strings or callables.
 - `pw.xpacks.llm.question_answering.BaseContextProcessor` streamlines development and tuning of representing retrieved context documents to the LLM.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 45bb7a8b..ba021bf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@ checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pathway"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arcstr",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e00cc196..1db3a983 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pathway"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 rust-version = "1.79"