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diff --git a/redis/pom.xml b/redis/pom.xml
index 3617628f5b..82965d3b02 100644
--- a/redis/pom.xml
+++ b/redis/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
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     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
   
diff --git a/rest/pom.xml b/rest/pom.xml
index ff95242aa4..4a0144c101 100644
--- a/rest/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/riak/pom.xml b/riak/pom.xml
index a909722904..c3771c06be 100644
--- a/riak/pom.xml
+++ b/riak/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/rocksdb/pom.xml b/rocksdb/pom.xml
index d28aac0539..0813c7cb5d 100644
--- a/rocksdb/pom.xml
+++ b/rocksdb/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/s3/pom.xml b/s3/pom.xml
index cb17c3ae7f..f7bb533216 100644
--- a/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/s3/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LICENSE file.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
   
diff --git a/solr/pom.xml b/solr/pom.xml
index b954669881..57d3fc5d4d 100644
--- a/solr/pom.xml
+++ b/solr/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/solr6/pom.xml b/solr6/pom.xml
index 2bcca8c525..d3dbe5d80a 100644
--- a/solr6/pom.xml
+++ b/solr6/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tablestore/pom.xml b/tablestore/pom.xml
index 9012a67aae..9d45144cb4 100755
--- a/tablestore/pom.xml
+++ b/tablestore/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE file.
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
         <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
         <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/tarantool/pom.xml b/tarantool/pom.xml
index 0abbdc4d4d..13876d34cb 100644
--- a/tarantool/pom.xml
+++ b/tarantool/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent/</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/voldemort/pom.xml b/voldemort/pom.xml
index f7b20a7873..0e822d397e 100644
--- a/voldemort/pom.xml
+++ b/voldemort/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LICENSE file.
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.yahoo.ycsb</groupId>
     <artifactId>binding-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.16.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <relativePath>../binding-parent</relativePath>
    </parent>