diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 902d1ef..65c3205 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # History
 
+## 0.16.6
+
+* fix latency before the first keep alive
+
 ## 0.16.5
 
 * initialize latency to 0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3170ae0..b3560ef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "minecraft-protocol",
-  "version": "0.16.6-GH",
+  "version": "0.16.6",
   "description": "Parse and serialize minecraft packets, plus authentication and encryption.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": {