diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5351df..19c20fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## 2.2.16
+* Add deprecation notice to project readme (by Russell Dunphy).
+
 ## 2.2.15
 * Update `REDUCE_TIME` to generate smaller ID.
 
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 * Fix symbols probability uniformity by using Nano ID (by @shashkovdanil).
 * Improve ID generation perfomance.
 * Fix `shortid.isValid` with custom alphabet.
-* Improve `shortid.isValid` perfomance (by @s7b5en).E
+* Improve `shortid.isValid` perfomance (by @s7b5en).
 
 ## 2.2.8
 * Clean npm package from unnecessary files.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1eb946..c870af4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "shortid",
-  "version": "2.2.15",
+  "version": "2.2.16",
   "description": "Amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique id generator.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {