diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b588830880a0aaa722f6f8b17ecef3e4eff3e33d..543c9ac69de683331ab81aeedc625359249bab82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Gajim 0.16 ()
   * Support XEP-0191 Blocking command
   * Support XEP-0249 Direct Invitation
   * Better RTL languages support
+  * use host command to resolve SRV records if it is available
 
 Gajim 0.15.4 (25 May 2013)
 
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 2766c2e52530b5e851c3e7c7a53012903bf3e46f..66350bf49847d6e42368bd9738c15876a9b1aab2 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  gajimversion="0.16-rc1"
+  gajimversion="0.16-rc2"
   if [ -d ".hg" ]; then
     node=$(hg  tip --template "{node}")
     hgversion="-${node:0:12}"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5009aff4d8c41222008506999d0c2fe0683df40..4728c668f5b453795933b0756b6a755960c0f586 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gajim (0.16~rc2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+
+ -- Yann Leboulanger <yann@leboulanger.org>  Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:09:41 +0200
+
 gajim (0.16~rc1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/src/common/defs.py b/src/common/defs.py
index 4d3ba2dd19938f464b3f28e1b5feceede0e2bcf2..b9df0bc0844d274544d413b3361d90489df9d7a3 100644
--- a/src/common/defs.py
+++ b/src/common/defs.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ docdir = '../'
 basedir   = '../'
 localedir = '../po'
 
-version = '0.16-rc1'
+version = '0.16-rc2'
 import subprocess
 try:
     node = subprocess.Popen('hg tip --template "{node|short}"', shell=True,