diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f90289c..c64fb56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.16.6 (2026-08-07)
 
 - permit SGR colour in menu display text, and forbid every other control there.
   0.16.3 removed a colour carve-out on the grounds that RFC 1436 asks the
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e4ab876..50d045c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "gopherkind",
-  "version": "0.16.5",
+  "version": "0.16.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "gopherkind",
-      "version": "0.16.5",
+      "version": "0.16.6",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "nostr-tools": "2.23.9",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29a9440..9795de3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gopherkind",
-  "version": "0.16.5",
+  "version": "0.16.6",
   "description": "Signed gopherholes on Nostr relays, with Gopher, Gemini, HTTP and CLI readers.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",