diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 91cad186..0cae3f2b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.2 (unreleased)
+Noteworthy changes in version 1.16.0 (2021-06-24)
 -------------------------------------------------
 
- * New context flag "cert-expire".
+ * New context flag "cert-expire".  [#5505]
 
- * cpp, qt: Add support for trust signatures. [#5421]
+ * New data flags "io-buffer-size" and "sensitive".  [#5478]
+
+ * Increase I/O buffer size from 512 to 4k under Windows.
+
+ * cpp,qt: Add support for trust signatures. [#5421]
 
  * qt: Add support for flags in LDAP server options. [#5217]
 
+ * qt: Fix too high memory consumption due to QProcess.  [#5475]
+
+ * qt: Do not set empty base DN as query of keyserver URL.  [#5465]
+
+ * qt: Extend SignKeyJob to create signatures with expiration date.
+   [5506]
+
  * python: New optional parameter filter_signatures for decrypt.
    [#5292]
 
@@ -28,6 +39,10 @@ Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.2 (unreleased)
  GPGME_KEYSIGN_FORCE                   NEW.
  qt: CryptoConfig::entry               CHANGED: Added overload; deprecated old
 
+ [c=C36/A25/R0 cpp=C19/A13/R0 qt=C13/A6/R0]
+
+ Release-info: https://dev.gnupg.org/T5499
+
 
 Noteworthy changes in version 1.15.1 (2021-01-08)
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 902cce1e..4d32366a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ min_automake_version="1.14"
 # for the LT versions.
 m4_define([mym4_package],[gpgme])
 m4_define([mym4_major], [1])
-m4_define([mym4_minor], [15])
-m4_define([mym4_micro], [2])
+m4_define([mym4_minor], [16])
+m4_define([mym4_micro], [0])
 
 # Below is m4 magic to extract and compute the git revision number,
 # the decimalized short revision number, a beta version string and a
@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ AC_INIT([mym4_package],[mym4_version],[https://bugs.gnupg.org])
 #   (Interfaces added:			AGE++)
 #   (Interfaces removed:		AGE=0)
 #
-LIBGPGME_LT_CURRENT=35
-LIBGPGME_LT_AGE=24
-LIBGPGME_LT_REVISION=1
+LIBGPGME_LT_CURRENT=36
+LIBGPGME_LT_AGE=25
+LIBGPGME_LT_REVISION=0
 
 # If there is an ABI break in gpgmepp or qgpgme also bump the
 # version in IMPORTED_LOCATION in the GpgmeppConfig-w32.cmake.in.in
 
-LIBGPGMEPP_LT_CURRENT=18
-LIBGPGMEPP_LT_AGE=12
-LIBGPGMEPP_LT_REVISION=1
+LIBGPGMEPP_LT_CURRENT=19
+LIBGPGMEPP_LT_AGE=13
+LIBGPGMEPP_LT_REVISION=0
 
-LIBQGPGME_LT_CURRENT=12
-LIBQGPGME_LT_AGE=5
-LIBQGPGME_LT_REVISION=1
+LIBQGPGME_LT_CURRENT=13
+LIBQGPGME_LT_AGE=6
+LIBQGPGME_LT_REVISION=0
 ################################################
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBGPGME_LT_CURRENT)