diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index b725a0e..36f0367 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ default_task = "dev"
 name = "ddadevops"
 MODULE = "not-used"
 PROJECT_ROOT_PATH = "."
-version = "4.0.16-dev"
+version = "4.0.16"
 summary = "tools to support builds combining gopass, terraform, dda-pallet, aws & hetzner-cloud"
 description = __doc__
 authors = [Author("meissa GmbH", "buero@meissa-gmbh.de")]