diff --git a/data/misc/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml.in b/data/misc/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml.in
index d75cc1cc..6e3cf2e6 100644
--- a/data/misc/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/misc/io.github.Hexchat.appdata.xml.in
@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@
     <id>hexchat.desktop</id>
   </provides>
   <releases>
+    <release date="2023-02-07" version="2.16.2">
+      <description>
+        <p>This is a minor release with small improvements and fixes:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Add support for SCRAM SASL mechanisms</li>
+          <li>Add option to hide nick from window title</li>
+          <li>Change SERVER command to default to TLS, adding an "-insecure" argument</li>
+          <li>Increase max server password length to 1024</li>
+          <li>Fix detecting some URLS causing a crash</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release date="2022-02-12" version="2.16.1">
       <description>
         <p>This is a minor release with mostly bug-fixes:</p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f187c4b2..2f8fb3f2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('hexchat', 'c',
-  version: '2.16.1',
+  version: '2.16.2',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=gnu89',