diff --git a/.release-please/main-manifest.json b/.release-please/main-manifest.json
index 047c623..bc7e4aa 100644
--- a/.release-please/main-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please/main-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.15.1"
+  ".": "0.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/.release-please/next-manifest.json b/.release-please/next-manifest.json
index ac8b12a..bc7e4aa 100644
--- a/.release-please/next-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please/next-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.0-next"
+  ".": "0.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66da0e7..8cd60ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here, generated by
 [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) from
 [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org).
 
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/taraxvoid/voidflow/compare/v0.15.1...v0.16.0) (2026-10-24)
+
+
+### noop
+
+* release 0.16.0 ([#228](https://github.com/taraxvoid/voidflow/issues/228)) ([9eb9d0d](https://github.com/taraxvoid/voidflow/commit/9eb9d0d199631486365bc6460f88a2a196839b8f))
+
 ## [0.15.1](https://github.com/taraxvoid/voidflow/compare/v0.15.0...v0.15.1) (2026-10-24)
 
 
diff --git a/jsr.json b/jsr.json
index 76078ba..6c07dc4 100644
--- a/jsr.json
+++ b/jsr.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@taraxvoid/voidflow",
-  "version": "0.16.0-next",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "exports": {
     "./playwright": "./playwright/index.mjs"
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 5a4224e..2d3a10a 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# Contributor tools for this repo. `mise install`, then `bun install` (its
-# prepare script wires the lefthook hooks). Renovate bumps these.
+# `mise install`, then `bun install` (prepare adds lefthook hooks). Renovate bumps these.
 [tools]
 just = "1.58.0"
 lefthook = "2.2.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f712bee..9cf39ff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@taraxvoid/voidflow",
-    "version": "0.16.0-next",
+    "version": "0.16.0",
     "description": "Enter a flow state of security, stability, and developer ergonomics - batteries-included Biome, vitest, Astro, local hooks, CI and deployments on Netlify and Cloudflare support with GitHub rulesets, branch environments, releases and security checks.",
     "license": "MIT",
     "keywords": [