diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfbbc99b10..c5ffc6d610 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,41 @@ This changelog goes through all the changes that have been made in each release
 without substantial changes to our git log; to see the highlights of what has
 been added to each release, please refer to the [blog](https://blog.gitea.io).
 
+## [1.16.6](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.16.6) - 2022-04-20
+
+* ENHANCEMENTS
+  * Only request write when necessary (#18657) (#19422)
+  * Disable service worker by default (#18914) (#19342)
+* BUGFIXES
+  * When dumping trim the standard suffices instead of a random suffix (#19440) (#19447)
+  * Fix DELETE request for non-existent public key (#19443) (#19444)
+  * Don't panic on ErrEmailInvalid (#19441) (#19442)
+  * Add uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant to allow --filter=blob:none with older git clients (#19430) (#19438)
+  * Warn on SSH connection for incorrect configuration (#19317) (#19437)
+  * Search Issues via API, dont show 500 if filter result in empty list (#19244) (#19436)
+  * When updating mirror repo intervals by API reschedule next update too (#19429) (#19433)
+  * Fix nil error when some pages are rendered outside request context (#19427) (#19428)
+  * Fix double blob-hunk on diff page (#19404) (#19405)
+  * Don't allow merging PR's which are being conflict checked (#19357) (#19358)
+  * Fix middleware function's placements (#19377) (#19378)
+  * Fix invalid CSRF token bug, make sure CSRF tokens can be up-to-date (#19338)
+  * Restore user autoregistration with email addresses (#19261) (#19312)
+  * Move checks for pulls before merge into own function (#19271) (#19277)
+  * Granular webhook events in editHook (#19251) (#19257)
+  * Only send webhook events to active system webhooks and only deliver to active hooks (#19234) (#19248)
+  * Use full output of git show-ref --tags to get tags for PushUpdateAddTag (#19235) (#19236)
+  * Touch mirrors on even on fail to update (#19217) (#19233)
+  * Hide sensitive content on admin panel progress monitor (#19218 & #19226) (#19231)
+  * Fix clone url JS error for the empty repo page (#19209)
+  * Bump goldmark to v1.4.11 (#19201) (#19203)
+* TESTING
+  * Prevent intermittent failures in RepoIndexerTest (#19225 #19229) (#19228)
+* BUILD
+  * Revert the minimal golang version requirement from 1.17 to 1.16 and add a warning in Makefile (#19319)
+* MISC
+  * Performance improvement for add team user when org has more than 1000 repositories (#19227) (#19289)
+  * Check go and nodejs version by go.mod and package.json (#19197) (#19254)
+
 ## [1.16.5](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.16.5) - 2022-03-23
 
 * BREAKING
diff --git a/docs/config.yaml b/docs/config.yaml
index e2180daa27..d793808540 100644
--- a/docs/config.yaml
+++ b/docs/config.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ params:
   description: Git with a cup of tea
   author: The Gitea Authors
   website: https://docs.gitea.io
-  version: 1.16.5
+  version: 1.16.6
   minGoVersion: 1.17
   goVersion: 1.18
   minNodeVersion: 12.17