diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index eda8f042..00416e28 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ you find more examples at https://github.com/toedter/spring-hateoas-jsonapi-exam
 
 Here you find the documentation for the latest release and the current snapshot:
 |===
-| 0.15.0 | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/0.15.0/reference/[Reference Documentation] | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/0.15.0/api/[API Documentation]
-| 0.16.0-SNAPSHOT | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/snapshot/reference/[Reference Documentation] | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/snapshot/api/[API Documentation]
+| 0.16.0 | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/0.16.0/reference/[Reference Documentation] | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/0.16.0/api/[API Documentation]
+| 0.17.0-SNAPSHOT | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/snapshot/reference/[Reference Documentation] | https://toedter.github.io/spring-hateoas-jsonapi/snapshot/api/[API Documentation]
 |===
 
 == Integration in your Backends
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ Maven:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.toedter</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-hateoas-jsonapi</artifactId>
-    <version>0.15.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 Gradle:
 [source]
-implementation 'com.toedter:spring-hateoas-jsonapi:0.15.0'
+implementation 'com.toedter:spring-hateoas-jsonapi:0.16.0'
 
-The latest published snapshot version is `0.16.0-SNAPSHOT`.
+The latest published snapshot version is `0.17.0-SNAPSHOT`.
 If you want to try it out,
 please make sure to add `https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/`
 as repository to your Maven or Gradle configuration.
diff --git a/example/build.gradle b/example/build.gradle
index 8bd41105..3eac1f83 100644
--- a/example/build.gradle
+++ b/example/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'com.toedter'
-version = '0.16.0-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '0.16.0'
 sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
 
 repositories {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-hateoas'
 
     // if you want to use the released version, use
-    // implementation 'com.toedter:spring-hateoas-jsonapi:0.15.0'
+    // implementation 'com.toedter:spring-hateoas-jsonapi:0.16.0'
     implementation project(':lib')
 
     testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 35b23617..62717585 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'com.toedter'
-version = '0.16.0-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '0.16.0'
 sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/lib/src/main/asciidoc/jsonapi.adoc b/lib/src/main/asciidoc/jsonapi.adoc
index ea4c7414..b1269eab 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/asciidoc/jsonapi.adoc
+++ b/lib/src/main/asciidoc/jsonapi.adoc
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ Maven:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.toedter</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-hateoas-jsonapi</artifactId>
-    <version>0.15.0</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 Gradle:
 [source]
-implementation 'com.toedter:spring-hateoas-jsonapi:0.15.0'
+implementation 'com.toedter:spring-hateoas-jsonapi:0.16.0'
 
-The latest published snapshot version is `0.16.0-SNAPSHOT`.
+The latest published snapshot version is `0.17.0-SNAPSHOT`.
 If you want to try it out, please make sure to add https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
 as repository to your Maven or Gradle configuration.