diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/RELEASENOTES.md b/kernel/linux/efa/RELEASENOTES.md
index beec017e..2e73097f 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 ## Supported Kernel Versions and Distributions
 https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/efa.html#efa-amis
 
+## r1.16.0 release notes
+* Add CQ notifications
+* Add support for dmabuf
+* Add NeuronLink RDMA support
+* Remove gdr from module info keys
+
 ## r1.14.2 release notes
 * Various GDR fixes
 
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/conf/dkms.conf b/kernel/linux/efa/conf/dkms.conf
index 75577733..2b802fdd 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/conf/dkms.conf
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/conf/dkms.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME="efa"
-PACKAGE_VERSION="1.14.2"
+PACKAGE_VERSION="1.16.0"
 CLEAN="cd build; make modules_clean; make clean"
 PRE_BUILD="./configure-dkms.sh $kernelver $source_tree"
 # Quoted 'make' to suppress DKMS append of KERNELRELEASE
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/changelog b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/changelog
index ad256468..4282bb3f 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/changelog
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+efa (1.16.0-1.amzn1) unstable; urgency=medium
+  * Add CQ notifications
+  * Add support for dmabuf
+  * Add NeuronLink RDMA support
+  * Remove gdr from module info keys
+
+ -- Firas Jahjah <firasj@amazon.com>  Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:03:29 +0000
+
 efa (1.14.2-1.amzn1) unstable; urgency=medium
   * Various GDR fixes
 
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.postinst b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.postinst
index 02b7cfde..8645f956 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.postinst
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.postinst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 NAME=efa
-DRIVER_VERSION=1.14.2
+DRIVER_VERSION=1.16.0
 INSTALL_PATH=/usr/src/${NAME}-${DRIVER_VERSION}
 
 cd $INSTALL_PATH
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.prerm b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.prerm
index dc6e2668..98208c44 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.prerm
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/efa.prerm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 NAME=efa
-DRIVER_VERSION=1.14.2
+DRIVER_VERSION=1.16.0
 
 dkms remove -m ${NAME} -v ${DRIVER_VERSION} --all
 
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/rules b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/rules
index a18cab26..7ea8d6f6 100755
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/debian/rules
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
 export DH_VERBOSE = 1
 
 NAME	= efa
-VERSION = 1.14.2
+VERSION = 1.16.0
 DESTDIR:=`pwd`/debian/${NAME}
 INSTALL_PATH = /usr/src/${NAME}-${VERSION}
 
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/Makefile b/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/Makefile
index 0140bcaa..a3502fe1 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 NAME = efa
 SPEC = $(NAME).spec
-VERSION	= 1.14.2
+VERSION	= 1.16.0
 
 TOPDIR  := $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 TAG	?= HEAD
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/efa.spec b/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/efa.spec
index d2c93c42..deee4cee 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/efa.spec
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/rpm/efa.spec
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ install -m 644 neuron_p2p.h		%{buildroot}%{install_path}/src
 /etc/modprobe.d/efa.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 24 2022 Firas Jahjah <firasj@amazon.com> - 1.16.0
+- Add CQ notifications
+- Add support for dmabuf
+- Add NeuronLink RDMA support
+- Remove gdr from module info keys
+
 * Sun Oct 17 2021 Firas Jahjah <firasj@amazon.com> - 1.14.2
 - Various GDR fixes
 
diff --git a/kernel/linux/efa/src/efa_main.c b/kernel/linux/efa/src/efa_main.c
index 48164803..2dc38d80 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/efa/src/efa_main.c
+++ b/kernel/linux/efa/src/efa_main.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ static const struct pci_device_id efa_pci_tbl[] = {
 };
 
 #define DRV_MODULE_VER_MAJOR           1
-#define DRV_MODULE_VER_MINOR           14
-#define DRV_MODULE_VER_SUBMINOR        2
+#define DRV_MODULE_VER_MINOR           16
+#define DRV_MODULE_VER_SUBMINOR        0
 
 #ifndef DRV_MODULE_VERSION
 #define DRV_MODULE_VERSION \