diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 595d5e26f..8dce40822 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
 
 ### FEATURES:
 
-- [abci] Add `ResponseCommit.retain_height` field, which will automatically remove blocks below this height.
+- [abci] Add `ResponseCommit.retain_height` field, which will automatically remove blocks below this height. This bumps the ABCI version to 0.16.2.
 - [rpc] Add `/status` response fields for the earliest block available on the node
 - [rpc] [\#4611](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/4611) Add `codespace` to `ResultBroadcastTx` (@whylee259)
 - [cmd] [\#4665](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/4665) New `tedermint completion` command to generate Bash/Zsh completion scripts (@alessio).
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 6e73878c6..f7f6aa045 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 	TMCoreSemVer = "0.33.3"
 
 	// ABCISemVer is the semantic version of the ABCI library
-	ABCISemVer  = "0.16.1"
+	ABCISemVer  = "0.16.2"
 	ABCIVersion = ABCISemVer
 )