From 3793f5b2d79d5999552b970bf17c37588efcf008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Lord <davidism@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:00:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] release version 8.1.6

---
 CHANGES.rst           | 2 +-
 src/click/__init__.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 57d95c547..77dceb568 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Version 8.1.6
 -------------
 
-Unreleased
+Released 2023-07-18
 
 -   Fix an issue with type hints for ``@click.group()``. :issue:`2558`
 
diff --git a/src/click/__init__.py b/src/click/__init__.py
index 8498be5dd..520ae88a9 100644
--- a/src/click/__init__.py
+++ b/src/click/__init__.py
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@
 from .utils import get_text_stream as get_text_stream
 from .utils import open_file as open_file
 
-__version__ = "8.1.6.dev"
+__version__ = "8.1.6"