diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 52f87e3..c570028 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+thrift (0.16.0) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * update to 0.16.0
+
+ -- Apache Thrift Developers <dev@thrift.apache.org>  Wed, 20 Jan 2022 21:00:00 +0100
+
 thrift (0.15.0) stable; urgency=low
 
   * update to 0.15.0