diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c201bc..04e71ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/); version
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.16.0] - 2026-10-18
+
+The queues as the 2.0 mockups drew them: Outbound › Queue a table, Inbound ›
+Queue built. No migration; schema 14.
+
 ### Added
 
 - **Inbound › Queue** (`/inbound/queue`, global role, with the inbound relay
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 763ba93..43de9a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ outbound mail will not reach the real internet without DNS, PTR, and port 25.
 > local image and pulls nothing:
 >
 > ```sh
-> docker build -f build/Dockerfile --build-arg VERSION=2.15.0 \
->   -t ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.15.0 .
+> docker build -f build/Dockerfile --build-arg VERSION=2.16.0 \
+>   -t ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.16.0 .
 > ```
 
 ```sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ docker run --rm -d --name selfpost-try \
   -e SELFPOST_HOSTNAME=mail.local.test \
   -e PANEL_COOKIE_SECURE=false \
   -v selfpost-try-data:/data \
-  ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.15.0
+  ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.16.0
 ```
 
 This trial runs with Docker's default capabilities and no
diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose.yml b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
index b127f04..fbbbc92 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 services:
   selfpost:
-    image: ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.15.0
+    image: ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.16.0
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       SELFPOST_HOSTNAME: "${SELFPOST_HOSTNAME:?set the mail/panel hostname, e.g. mail.example.com}"
diff --git a/docs/guide.md b/docs/guide.md
index fa5770c..a31b6f8 100644
--- a/docs/guide.md
+++ b/docs/guide.md
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ cat ./data/setup-token
 #### Fixed image tag
 
 `deploy/docker-compose.yml` pins an explicit version (`ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:X.Y.Z`),
-deliberately never `:latest`. The current pin is `2.15.0`. **No 2.x image is
+deliberately never `:latest`. The current pin is `2.16.0`. **No 2.x image is
 published on ghcr.io yet** (the newest there is `1.3.0`); until one is, build
 it from the checkout under the pinned name, and Compose uses the local image
 instead of pulling:
 
 ```sh
-docker build -f build/Dockerfile --build-arg VERSION=2.15.0 \
-  -t ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.15.0 .
+docker build -f build/Dockerfile --build-arg VERSION=2.16.0 \
+  -t ghcr.io/mixeme/selfpost:2.16.0 .
 ```
 
 `VERSION` must equal the tag: it is the version the backup check compares
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ A version mismatch at step 5 refuses to start and leaves `/data` untouched —
 the panel exits with a message naming the tag to use, e.g.:
 
 ```
-backup: this backup was created by SelfPost 2.14.5 but this image is 2.15.0 — restore into the matching image (selfpost:2.14.5)
+backup: this backup was created by SelfPost 2.15.0 but this image is 2.16.0 — restore into the matching image (selfpost:2.15.0)
 ```
 
 Fix the tag in `docker-compose.yml` (build that tag as under [Fixed image