diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3b7ed4cb..5be2c5d4 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.15.2"
+    ".": "2.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 549dfa13..0724a82d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.16.0](https://github.com/cycle/database/compare/2.15.2...2.16.0) (2026-03-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add charset and collation support for MySQL columns ([#246](https://github.com/cycle/database/issues/246)) ([26e33ef](https://github.com/cycle/database/commit/26e33efc15e5e8746c1e5c5d2d338a6d06929fa3))
+* Added $distinct parameter to SelectQuery::count ([#242](https://github.com/cycle/database/issues/242)) ([23842c0](https://github.com/cycle/database/commit/23842c068f76df42d76f5c19b56c2e3c4f7ac436))
+* update PHP version requirement to 8.1 ([#244](https://github.com/cycle/database/issues/244)) ([16e0874](https://github.com/cycle/database/commit/16e0874b80b1aa665ae9919e1f0e87045ce18364))
+
+
+### Styles
+
+* **php-cs-fixer:** fix coding standards ([16e0874](https://github.com/cycle/database/commit/16e0874b80b1aa665ae9919e1f0e87045ce18364))
+
 ## [2.15.2](https://github.com/cycle/database/compare/2.15.1...2.15.2) (2026-02-16)