diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ef372128..47f275a0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v3.16.0 (2023-11-28)
+
+
+
 ## v3.15.2 (2023-11-17)
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/skymap_scanner/__init__.py b/skymap_scanner/__init__.py
index a9abeefab..e2bdd7482 100644
--- a/skymap_scanner/__init__.py
+++ b/skymap_scanner/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-__version__ = "3.15.2"
+__version__ = "3.16.0"
 version_info = (
     int(__version__.split(".")[0]),
     int(__version__.split(".")[1]),