diff --git a/META b/META
index 99f6ce0b19c33797b5739a41445b7dfb93eaa33e..8193c01263490597baa98372233d067ec82a5569 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   Minor:	05
   Micro:	0
   Version:	16.05.0
-  Release:	0rc2
+  Release:	1
 # Include leading zero for all pre-releases
 
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