diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35eadd4..4171284 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Verify the installation and build number of `zig` like so:
 
 ```
 $ zig version
-0.16.0-dev.xxxx+xxxxxxxxx
+0.17.0-dev.xxxx+xxxxxxxxx
 ```
 
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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ the appropriate tag.
 The Zig language is under very active development. In order to be
 current, Ziglings tracks **development** builds of the Zig
 compiler rather than versioned **release** builds. The last
-stable release was `0.15.2`, but Ziglings needs a dev build with
+stable release was `0.16`, but Ziglings needs a dev build with
 pre-release version "0.16.0" and a build number at least as high
 as that shown in the example version check above.
 
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 303b76b..0db108d 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const print = std.debug.print;
 //     1) Getting Started
 //     2) Version Changes
 comptime {
-    const required_zig = "0.16.0-dev.2915";
+    const required_zig = "0.16.0";
     const current_zig = builtin.zig_version;
     const min_zig = std.SemanticVersion.parse(required_zig) catch unreachable;
     if (current_zig.order(min_zig) == .lt) {