diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 98fa377dd..ccc161ca5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version v16.4.0 (released 2024-12-10)
+
+- bibtex: add trailing comma in url field
+- community-records: allow scan search
+    * Adds `scan` and `scan_params` arguments to
+      `CommunityRecordsService.search(...)`, to allow for serving scan
+      results (but only via the service).
+- serializer: updated subjects and affiliations in dcat
+- schema: added identifiers to subjects
+- serializers: add datapackage serializer (#1742)
+
 Version v16.3.4 (released 2024-12-06)
 
 - github: return None for `NOASSERTION` license
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
index ace8f9b86..e39d5f043 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 from .ext import InvenioRDMRecords
 
-__version__ = "16.3.4"
+__version__ = "16.4.0"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioRDMRecords")