diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78447a0..3f1237a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning][semver].
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v0.16.0
+
+- changed: Set minimum `exqlite` dependency to `0.22`.
+
 ## v0.15.1
 
 - fixed: Encode nil blobs. This was previously unhandled.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5eca428..51c7855 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ in Hexdocs.
 ```elixir
 defp deps do
   [
-    {:ecto_sqlite3, "~> 0.13"}
+    {:ecto_sqlite3, "~> 0.16"}
   ]
 end
 ```
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 7413fea..5176bb9 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule EctoSQLite3.MixProject do
   use Mix.Project
 
-  @version "0.15.1"
+  @version "0.16.0"
 
   def project do
     [