diff --git a/ChangeLog-9.6.md b/ChangeLog-9.6.md
index 36152362b8e..d8342640c9f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-9.6.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-9.6.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
-## [9.6.16] - 2024-MM-DD
+## [9.6.16] - 2024-01-19
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this fil
 * [#5064](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5064): Deprecate `PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::getMockClass()`
 * [#5132](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5132): Deprecate `Test` suffix for abstract test case classes
 
-[9.6.16]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.15...9.6
+[9.6.16]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.15...9.6.16
 [9.6.15]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.14...9.6.15
 [9.6.14]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.13...9.6.14
 [9.6.13]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.12...9.6.13
diff --git a/src/Runner/Version.php b/src/Runner/Version.php
index 95ba592a54d..20e693fed04 100644
--- a/src/Runner/Version.php
+++ b/src/Runner/Version.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static function id(): string
         }
 
         if (self::$version === '') {
-            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.15', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
+            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.16', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
 
             assert(!empty(self::$version));
         }