diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
index e4eef7edb69..a1f7b5b6954 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module Nokogiri
   # The version of Nokogiri you are using
-  VERSION = "1.16.2"
+  VERSION = "1.16.3"
 end