diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e52dfb09701..f55fba8f92a 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.16.8
+current_version = 0.16.9
 message = Bump version to {new_version}
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6c22a870c5..ecc14517780 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## [0.16.9] 2020-10-21
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index d23a3a6546f..18d8c460387 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 copyright = "Block Research Group - ETH Zurich"
 author = "Tom Van Mele"
 
-release = "0.16.8"
+release = "release = '0.16.9'"
 version = ".".join(release.split(".")[0:2])
 
 master_doc = "index"
diff --git a/schemas/graph.json b/schemas/graph.json
index 98c66f6e3af..44d3c16564a 100644
--- a/schemas/graph.json
+++ b/schemas/graph.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
     "$id": "https://github.com/compas-dev/compas/schemas/graph.json",
-    "$compas": "0.16.8",
+    "$compas": "0.16.9",
 
     "type": "object",
     "poperties": {
diff --git a/schemas/halfedge.json b/schemas/halfedge.json
index 14e2006779c..bfec05d062e 100644
--- a/schemas/halfedge.json
+++ b/schemas/halfedge.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
     "$id": "https://github.com/compas-dev/compas/schemas/halfedge.json",
-    "$compas": "0.16.8",
+    "$compas": "0.16.9",
 
     "type": "object",
     "poperties": {
diff --git a/schemas/halfface.json b/schemas/halfface.json
index c64a50b2e19..26cc0b1e27c 100644
--- a/schemas/halfface.json
+++ b/schemas/halfface.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema",
     "$id": "https://github.com/compas-dev/compas/schemas/halfface.json",
-    "$compas": "0.16.8",
+    "$compas": "0.16.9",
 
     "type": "object",
     "poperties": {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dbfb0a9595e..727ea458564 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='COMPAS',
-    version='0.16.8',
+    version='0.16.9',
     description='The COMPAS framework',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
diff --git a/src/compas/__init__.py b/src/compas/__init__.py
index ae8e80d4847..2fcff0d1c37 100644
--- a/src/compas/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 __license__ = 'MIT License'
 __email__ = 'vanmelet@ethz.ch'
 
-__version__ = '0.16.8'
+__version__ = '0.16.9'
 
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
diff --git a/src/compas_blender/__init__.py b/src/compas_blender/__init__.py
index d86d4885180..5dbed441f3c 100644
--- a/src/compas_blender/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_blender/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def clear():
             bpy.data.collections.remove(block)
 
 
-__version__ = '0.16.8'
+__version__ = '0.16.9'
 
 
 __all__ = [name for name in dir() if not name.startswith('_')]
diff --git a/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py b/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py
index 882716baa9f..821bf8ae023 100644
--- a/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_ghpython/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     from .utilities import *  # noqa: F401 F403
 
 
-__version__ = '0.16.8'
+__version__ = '0.16.9'
 
 
 __all_plugins__ = ['compas_ghpython.install']
diff --git a/src/compas_plotters/__init__.py b/src/compas_plotters/__init__.py
index 50ce71e8026..115fb1457e8 100644
--- a/src/compas_plotters/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_plotters/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.16.8'
+__version__ = '0.16.9'
 
 from .core import *  # noqa: F401 F403
 from .artists import *  # noqa: F401 F403
diff --git a/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py b/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py
index de9e75196e8..bbb876afa36 100644
--- a/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compas_rhino/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     from .utilities import *  # noqa: F401 F403
 
 
-__version__ = '0.16.8'
+__version__ = '0.16.9'
 
 
 PURGE_ON_DELETE = True