diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f459e303..f1d773c1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.14.2",
+  ".": "1.16.0",
   "operator": "0.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dff3724f..2d3028a6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/compare/v1.14.2...v1.16.0) (2025-01-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* build docker plugin on native runners ([#185](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/issues/185)) ([77c60db](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/commit/77c60db20156d69c1ab872c66ccef4f66b3abb67))
+* fix the docker driver release ([#169](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/issues/169)) ([cfa2425](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/commit/cfa24256090828f566f1ba59292ce65d8db4a4ae))
+* release 1.16.0 ([348bc43](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/commit/348bc43588d5cb42af424d738a494ae47abf09e4))
+
 ## [1.14.2](https://github.com/grafana/loki-release/compare/v1.14.1...v1.14.2) (2024-12-17)