diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 402eca3067..01fe285232 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [16.0.0]
+
 ## [15.2.0]
 ### Changed
 - Instance variables in `MessengerThreadParams` and `ShareToMessengerParams` are now not directly accessible from Java due to conversion to Kotlin. Use the corresponding getters to access them in Java, i.e. `params.getMetadata()` instead of `params.metadata`.
@@ -455,7 +457,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 <!-- Links -->
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-15.2.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-16.0.0...HEAD
+[16.0.0]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-15.2.0...sdk-version-16.0.0
 [15.2.0]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-15.1.0...sdk-version-15.2.0
 [15.1.0]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-15.0.2...sdk-version-15.1.0
 [15.0.2]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-15.0.1...sdk-version-15.0.2
@@ -515,3 +518,4 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [5.0.0]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-4.41.0...sdk-version-5.0.0
 [4.41.0]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-4.40.0...sdk-version-4.41.0
 [4.40.0]: https://github.com/facebook/facebook-android-sdk/compare/sdk-version-4.39.0...sdk-version-4.40.0
+
diff --git a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/FacebookSdkVersion.kt b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/FacebookSdkVersion.kt
index f564a8e8b7..8adbbfeedf 100644
--- a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/FacebookSdkVersion.kt
+++ b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/FacebookSdkVersion.kt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 package com.facebook
 
 internal object FacebookSdkVersion {
-  const val BUILD = "15.2.0"
+  const val BUILD = "16.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/internal/ServerProtocol.kt b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/internal/ServerProtocol.kt
index 2c9e09c7f8..f25eaa047a 100644
--- a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/internal/ServerProtocol.kt
+++ b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/internal/ServerProtocol.kt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ object ServerProtocol {
   // URL components
   private const val GRAPH_VIDEO_URL_FORMAT = "https://graph-video.%s"
   private const val GRAPH_URL_FORMAT = "https://graph.%s"
-  @JvmStatic fun getDefaultAPIVersion() = "v15.0"
+  @JvmStatic fun getDefaultAPIVersion() = "v16.0"
 
   @JvmStatic
   fun getErrorsProxyAuthDisabled(): Collection<String> =