diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5830f4a2..b2924ecea 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if (BUILD_SDF)
   gz_configure_project(
     NO_PROJECT_PREFIX
     REPLACE_INCLUDE_PATH sdf
-    VERSION_SUFFIX pre2)
+    VERSION_SUFFIX)
 
   #################################################
   # Find tinyxml2.
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 548ff27fc..1c1a35f46 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## libsdformat 16.X
 
-### libsdformat 16.0.0 (2025-09-24)
+### libsdformat 16.0.0 (2025-09-30)
 
 1. **Baseline:** this includes all changes from 15.3.0 and earlier.