change 0.16-SNAPSHOT to 0.16
diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index dde8d29..4f2da90 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = "Apache REEF"
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.16.0-SNAPSHOT
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.16.0
 PROJECT_BRIEF          = "Retainable Evaluator Execution Framework"
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = target
 JAVADOC_AUTOBRIEF      = YES
diff --git a/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/Properties/Resources.xml b/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/Properties/Resources.xml
index 977f377..a40f0e6 100644
--- a/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/Properties/Resources.xml
+++ b/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/Properties/Resources.xml
@@ -80,20 +80,20 @@
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
   <data name="ClientJarFullName" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>reef-bridge-client-0.16.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar</value>
+    <value>reef-bridge-client-0.16.0-shaded.jar</value>
   </data>
   <data name="DriverJarFullName" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar</value>
+    <value>reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-shaded.jar</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ClrDriverFullName" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Org.Apache.REEF.ClrDriver.exe</value>
   </data>
   <assembly alias="System.Windows.Forms" name="System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
   <data name="reef_bridge_client" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
-    <value>E:\src\reef\lang\cs\bin\x64\Debug\Org.Apache.REEF.Bridge.JAR\reef-bridge-client-0.16.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar;System.Byte[], mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+    <value>E:\src\reef\lang\cs\bin\x64\Debug\Org.Apache.REEF.Bridge.JAR\reef-bridge-client-0.16.0-shaded.jar;System.Byte[], mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </data>
   <data name="reef_bridge_driver" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
-    <value>E:\src\reef\lang\cs\bin\x64\Debug\Org.Apache.REEF.Bridge.JAR\reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar;System.Byte[], mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+    <value>E:\src\reef\lang\cs\bin\x64\Debug\Org.Apache.REEF.Bridge.JAR\reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-shaded.jar;System.Byte[], mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </data>
   <data name="reef_clrdriver" type="System.Resources.ResXFileRef, System.Windows.Forms">
     <value>E:\src\reef\lang\cs\bin\x64\Debug\Org.Apache.REEF.ClrDriver\Org.Apache.REEF.ClrDriver.exe;System.Byte[], mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
diff --git a/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/run.cmd b/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/run.cmd
index 621aca2..39c2fa9 100644
--- a/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/run.cmd
+++ b/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Client/run.cmd
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 :: 
 
 :: RUNTIME
-set SHADED_JAR=.\reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar
+set SHADED_JAR=.\reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-shaded.jar
 
 set LOGGING_CONFIG=-Djava.util.logging.config.class=org.apache.reef.util.logging.CLRLoggingConfig
 
diff --git a/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Driver/DriverConfigGenerator.cs b/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Driver/DriverConfigGenerator.cs
index 769e177..5d6adf6 100644
--- a/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Driver/DriverConfigGenerator.cs
+++ b/lang/cs/Org.Apache.REEF.Driver/DriverConfigGenerator.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         /// <summary>
         /// The bridge JAR name.
         /// </summary>
-        public const string JavaBridgeJarFileName = "reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-SNAPSHOT-shaded.jar";
+        public const string JavaBridgeJarFileName = "reef-bridge-java-0.16.0-shaded.jar";
 
         private static readonly Logger Log = Logger.GetLogger(typeof(DriverConfigGenerator));
 
diff --git a/lang/cs/build.props b/lang/cs/build.props
index 84173ca..e9ebf7f 100644
--- a/lang/cs/build.props
+++ b/lang/cs/build.props
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 
   <!-- REEF NuGet properties -->
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <IsSnapshot>true</IsSnapshot>
-    <SnapshotNumber>06</SnapshotNumber>
+    <IsSnapshot>false</IsSnapshot>
+    <SnapshotNumber>00</SnapshotNumber>
     <PushPackages>false</PushPackages>
     <NuGetRepository>https://www.nuget.org</NuGetRepository>
     <NuGetError>This project references NuGet package(s) that are missing on this computer. Enable NuGet Package Restore to download them.  For more information, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=322105. The missing file is {0}.</NuGetError>
diff --git a/lang/cs/pom.xml b/lang/cs/pom.xml
index 788c2e3..08514fc 100644
--- a/lang/cs/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/cs/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml
index e1e525a..7d6c875 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml
index c54f556..86dc9ce 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-applications/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml
index 2aecfa5..ff34cf7 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-applications/reef-vortex/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-applications</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml
index 91cab1b..1832fc0 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-bridge-client/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml
index 6d6ff2a..16726a4 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-bridge-java/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml
index d361a46..6e96139 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-checkpoint/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>reef-checkpoint</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml
index ce9f9b9..bd2bb29 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-common/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml
index 5a78af2..2bb5089 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-examples-clr/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml
index 929ffbb..0c46fc7 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-examples-hdinsight/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml
index 2fce95a..0bab566 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-examples/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-experimental/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-experimental/pom.xml
index 9fef1c3..bd5df04 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-experimental/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-experimental/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml
index 1629a5c..3d1b53a 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-io/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml
index 067db47..efa8d4e 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-poison/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml
index a8c7403..c034ec7 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-hdinsight/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml
index 43ca1ee..e775b63 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-local/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml
index 1933a91..f9154a4 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-mesos/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-multi/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-multi/pom.xml
index 3e529ae..2522f3a 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-multi/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-multi/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <name>REEF Runtime for multiple runtime scenarios</name>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-standalone/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-standalone/pom.xml
index 8c00059..6154731 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-standalone/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-standalone/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml
index 4492457..492482e 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-runtime-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml
index c808107..1d5b419 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml
index 4e72582..e4d364b 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarA/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarA</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml
index 8a1f8ea..c77a5c0 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarAB/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarAB</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml
index fb2606d..95a0bf1 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB-conflictA/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarB-conflictA</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml
index 3b1bd09..5619adf 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-test-jarB/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang-test-jarB</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-tint/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-tint/pom.xml
index 6dc0687..a66b4e0 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-tint/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang-tint/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml
index dd6c896..276f6d2 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tang/tang/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>tang-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tang</artifactId>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml
index 692f823..4419c8f 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-tests/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml
index 653cf61..af83a41 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-utils-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml
index f86990d..68362f6 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-utils/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml
index 01f8c24..cd1dbe1 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-wake/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml
index 7f1cfee..de8ebc6 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-wake/wake/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>wake-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml b/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml
index 1c18026..5aaca9e 100644
--- a/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/reef-webserver/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/lang/scala/reef-examples-scala/pom.xml b/lang/scala/reef-examples-scala/pom.xml
index 2e2d07d..ab81ee7 100644
--- a/lang/scala/reef-examples-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/scala/reef-examples-scala/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02ae63f..859178b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
-    <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>REEF</name>
     <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
diff --git a/website/pom.xml b/website/pom.xml
index e893c4b..fd143e6 100644
--- a/website/pom.xml
+++ b/website/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.reef</groupId>
         <artifactId>reef-project</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>..</relativePath>
     </parent>