diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5391b019..43d2f13ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		<parent>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>2.7.16</version>
 		</parent>
 
 		<name>Spring Data Elasticsearch</name>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 				<elasticsearch-java>7.17.13</elasticsearch-java>
 				<log4j>2.17.1</log4j>
 				<netty>4.1.65.Final</netty>
-				<springdata.commons>2.7.16-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
+				<springdata.commons>2.7.16</springdata.commons>
 				<testcontainers>1.16.2</testcontainers>
 				<blockhound-junit>1.0.8.RELEASE</blockhound-junit>
 				<java-module-name>spring.data.elasticsearch</java-module-name>
@@ -480,20 +480,8 @@
 		</profiles>
 
 		<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-snapshot</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>true</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-			<releases>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</releases>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-milestone</id>
-			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
-		</repository>
+		
+		
 	</repositories>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/notice.txt b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
index 9358480fb..6824599ad 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/notice.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/notice.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Spring Data Elasticsearch 4.4.15 (2021.2.15)
+Spring Data Elasticsearch 4.4.16 (2021.2.16)
 Copyright (c) [2013-2021] Pivotal Software, Inc.
 
 This product is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@ conditions of the subcomponent's license, as noted in the LICENSE file.
 
 
 
+