diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68f92091..2bc05089 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <p align="center"><a href="#features">Features</a> section describes in detail about Resty capabilities</p>
 </p>
 <p align="center">
-<p align="center"><a href="https://github.com/go-resty/resty/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Av2"><img src="https://github.com/go-resty/resty/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=v2" alt="Build Status"></a> <a href="https://app.codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/tree/v2"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/branch/v2/graph/badge.svg" alt="Code Coverage"></a> <a href="https://goreportcard.com/report/go-resty/resty"><img src="https://goreportcard.com/badge/go-resty/resty" alt="Go Report Card"></a> <a href="https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.15.3-blue.svg" alt="Release Version"></a> <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"><img src="https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/go-resty/resty" alt="GoDoc"></a> <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/go-resty/resty.svg" alt="License"></a> <a href="https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go"><img src="https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg" alt="Mentioned in Awesome Go"></a></p>
+<p align="center"><a href="https://github.com/go-resty/resty/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Av2"><img src="https://github.com/go-resty/resty/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=v2" alt="Build Status"></a> <a href="https://app.codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/tree/v2"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/go-resty/resty/branch/v2/graph/badge.svg" alt="Code Coverage"></a> <a href="https://goreportcard.com/report/go-resty/resty"><img src="https://goreportcard.com/badge/go-resty/resty" alt="Go Report Card"></a> <a href="https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.16.0-blue.svg" alt="Release Version"></a> <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"><img src="https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/go-resty/resty" alt="GoDoc"></a> <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/go-resty/resty.svg" alt="License"></a> <a href="https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go"><img src="https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg" alt="Mentioned in Awesome Go"></a></p>
 </p>
 
 ## News
 
-  * v2.15.3 [released](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/tag/v2.15.3) and tagged on Sep 26, 2024.
+  * v2.16.0 [released](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/tag/v2.16.0) and tagged on Nov 10, 2024.
   * v2.0.0 [released](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/tag/v2.0.0) and tagged on Jul 16, 2019.
   * v1.12.0 [released](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/releases/tag/v1.12.0) and tagged on Feb 27, 2019.
   * v1.0 released and tagged on Sep 25, 2017. - Resty's first version was released on Sep 15, 2015 then it grew gradually as a very handy and helpful library. Its been a two years since first release. I'm very thankful to Resty users and its [contributors](https://github.com/go-resty/resty/graphs/contributors).
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Resty author also published following projects for Go Community.
 
 ```bash
 # Go Modules
-require github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.15.3
+require github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.16.0
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/resty.go b/resty.go
index 8f3d35b8..19f95ada 100644
--- a/resty.go
+++ b/resty.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version # of resty
-const Version = "2.15.3"
+const Version = "2.16.0"
 
 // New method creates a new Resty client.
 func New() *Client {