diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 951adfc..3db7740 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "16")
-set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "1")
+set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "2")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
 # command line switches
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2e3e46c..4209b2a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 0.16.2
+	core:
+	 * Fix text extraction for some files
+
+	qt4:
+	 * Fix crash regression in unicodeToQString
+
 Release 0.16.1
 	core:
 	 * Fix colorspace issues in the Cairo backend (Bug #32746)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4d43326..cd638f1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[16])
-m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[1])
+m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[2])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index 9be73ff..f442206 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.16.1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.16.2
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index f2f64d6..6d71e48 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.16.1
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.16.2
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.