diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e1c240..02340d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+<a name="v1.16.0"></a>
+### v1.16.0 (2020-11-04)
+
+#### Features
+
+* remove runtime dependency on rspec	 ([aca30e2](/../../commit/aca30e2))
+
 <a name="v1.15.5"></a>
 ### v1.15.5 (2020-11-04)
 
diff --git a/lib/pact/support/version.rb b/lib/pact/support/version.rb
index 6fe63f2..7862fbb 100644
--- a/lib/pact/support/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/support/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Pact
   module Support
-    VERSION = "1.15.5"
+    VERSION = "1.16.0"
   end
 end