diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index e7004605eb0d..0b8863b6d405 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 # Start/end of the log (from git)
 LOG_START = 'v0.15.0'
-LOG_END = 'v0.16.0b2'
+LOG_END = 'v0.16.0rc1'
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a1e4b8810d3f..8432c29c8bb7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 16
 MICRO = 0
-ISRELEASED = False
+ISRELEASED = True
 VERSION = '%d.%d.%rc1' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)