diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46d533f..d812c73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Unreleased
+
+# 0.7.0-alpha.16
 - implement `IntoIterator` for `&OneOrMany<T>` and `&mut OneOrMany<T>`
 - add `check` function for verifying an IRI's authority
 - add `BaseExt::check_authority` for verifying an IRI's authority against an object's ID
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@
   `Actor::outbox`, `Actor::following`, `Actor::followers`, `Actor::liked`, `Actor::streams`,
   `Actor::endpoints`
 
-# 0.7.0-alpha.14
+# 0.7.0-alpha.15
 - switch to iri-string from url
 - remove `checked` variations of methods, rename `unchecked`
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e32e6aa..3372e5e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "activitystreams"
 description = "A set of core types and traits for activitystreams data"
-version = "0.7.0-alpha.15"
+version = "0.7.0-alpha.16"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 authors = ["asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>"]
 repository = "https://git.asonix.dog/Aardwolf/activitystreams"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ members = [
 
 [dependencies]
 activitystreams-kinds = { version = "0.2.0", path = "./activitystreams-kinds/", default-features = false, features = ["iri-string"] }
-iri-string = { version = "0.5.0-beta.1", features = ["alloc", "serde", "serde-alloc", "serde-std", "std"] }
+iri-string = { version = "0.5.0-beta.1", features = ["serde", "serde-std", "std"] }
 mime = "0.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"