diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 67ab1e6..2b85f3c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.16.5 (2019 Dec 11)
+====================
+
+Bugfixes
+-------------
+* Remove defected encoding check.
+
 1.16.2 (2019 Jul 25)
 ====================
 
diff --git a/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py b/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py
index a9ec600..73aeb17 100644
--- a/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py
+++ b/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.16.4'
+__version__ = '1.16.5'