diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6d68e4c..3c4b297 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+0.5.16:
+
+This patch release fixes a subtle bug in slibtool-shared's
+generation of dependency lists when creating convenience
+library archives. Beginning with this release, the mesa
+package can be built with slibtool in its entirety.
+
+- slibtool-shared: properly handle .la arguments when creating an archive.
+- slbt_exec_link_create_dep_file(): properly initialize and track fdeps.
+
 0.5.15:
 
 This patch release provides seamless support for the building of
diff --git a/project/tagver.mk b/project/tagver.mk
index 5d913e7..2bed3e1 100644
--- a/project/tagver.mk
+++ b/project/tagver.mk
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ VER_NAMESPACE	= SLBT
 
 VER_MAJOR	= 0
 VER_MINOR	= 5
-VER_PATCH	= 15
+VER_PATCH	= 16