diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b07645990..c5ed6009f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-<!-- latest_release 8.0.15 -->
-## [v8.0.15](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/tree/v8.0.15) (2024-08-15)
+<!-- latest_release 8.0.16 -->
+## [v8.0.16](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/tree/v8.0.16) (2025-01-03)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- PR #11 rebase Allow users to user octokit 5.x [#35](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/pull/35) ([tpowell-progress](https://github.com/tpowell-progress))
+- Added the release branch [#42](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/pull/42) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=8.0.12 -->
 ### Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Added the release branch [#42](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/pull/42) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 8.0.16 -->
 - PR #11 rebase Allow users to user octokit 5.x [#35](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/pull/35) ([tpowell-progress](https://github.com/tpowell-progress)) <!-- 8.0.15 -->
 - Add running of tests on verify pipeline [#33](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/pull/33) ([tpowell-progress](https://github.com/tpowell-progress)) <!-- 8.0.14 -->
 - Fix version string comparison for Minitar and uncomment install feature [#32](https://github.com/chef/berkshelf/pull/32) ([tpowell-progress](https://github.com/tpowell-progress)) <!-- 8.0.13 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 681534cbd..9c1a8f823 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.0.15
\ No newline at end of file
+8.0.16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/berkshelf/version.rb b/lib/berkshelf/version.rb
index 4a94cd039..d0a3bbd1f 100644
--- a/lib/berkshelf/version.rb
+++ b/lib/berkshelf/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Berkshelf
-  VERSION = "8.0.15".freeze
+  VERSION = "8.0.16".freeze
 end