diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e63db07b..8b1ebf7b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# elasticsearch.js 16.2.0
+# elasticsearch.js 16.3.0
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/browser_builds.asciidoc b/docs/browser_builds.asciidoc
index 17b39bff4..09f68d5cf 100644
--- a/docs/browser_builds.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/browser_builds.asciidoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ npm install elasticsearch-browser
 ---------
 
 === Download
- * v16.2.0: https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-16.2.0.zip[zip], https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-16.2.0.tar.gz[tar.gz]
+ * v16.3.0: https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-16.3.0.zip[zip], https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-js/elasticsearch-js-16.3.0.tar.gz[tar.gz]
 
 === Angular Build
   * Registers an `esFactory` factory in the `"elasticsearch"` module
diff --git a/docs/changelog.asciidoc b/docs/changelog.asciidoc
index 55ff1edc8..f686d3768 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 [[changelog]]
 == Changelog
 
+=== 16.3.0 (Jul 10 2019)
+  * Removed many development dependencies
+  * Switched to standard + prettier linting config. Testing indicates that this doesn't have any effect on the external API but it produces thousands of changes so releasing as a minor version bump just to be safe.
+
 === 16.2.0 (Jul 3 2019)
   * apiVersion `"7.2"` is now the default
   * Dropped support for old `6.7` version
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f6e139bc..a09eb05ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "description": "The official low-level Elasticsearch client for Node.js and the browser.",
   "main": "src/elasticsearch.js",
   "homepage": "https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/16.x/index.html",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.3.0",
   "keywords": [
     "elasticsearch",
     "mapping",
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8"
   }
-}
+}
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