diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0283340..b247533 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     `NetworkInterface.list` is supported, and `false` otherwise. Currently,
     `NetworkInterface.list` is not supported on Android.
 
-## 1.16.0
+## 1.16.0 - 2016-04-26
 
 ### Core library changes
 
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 57556a3..24fcc60 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 1
 MINOR 17
 PATCH 0