diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index e8e7d9cdbe..d085081e21 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.116.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add support for deploying to FastAPI Cloud with `fastapi deploy`. PR [#13870](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/13870) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index e672ec9e5b..873ae18e00 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.115.14"
+__version__ = "0.116.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status