diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e364e3cb3..5fd812353 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.7.16
 
 **Features**:
 - Add SOCKS5 proxy support for macOS and Linux. ([#1063](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-native/pull/1063))
diff --git a/include/sentry.h b/include/sentry.h
index 32903bd95..19de85abd 100644
--- a/include/sentry.h
+++ b/include/sentry.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #        define SENTRY_SDK_NAME "sentry.native"
 #    endif
 #endif
-#define SENTRY_SDK_VERSION "0.7.15"
+#define SENTRY_SDK_VERSION "0.7.16"
 #define SENTRY_SDK_USER_AGENT SENTRY_SDK_NAME "/" SENTRY_SDK_VERSION
 
 /* common platform detection */
diff --git a/ndk/gradle.properties b/ndk/gradle.properties
index 93734dcc4..62b46cea1 100644
--- a/ndk/gradle.properties
+++ b/ndk/gradle.properties
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
 
 # Release information, used for maven publishing
-versionName=0.7.15
+versionName=0.7.16
 
 # disable renderscript, it's enabled by default
 android.defaults.buildfeatures.renderscript=false
diff --git a/tests/assertions.py b/tests/assertions.py
index 55504550b..09483b18a 100644
--- a/tests/assertions.py
+++ b/tests/assertions.py
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ def assert_event_meta(
     }
     expected_sdk = {
         "name": "sentry.native",
-        "version": "0.7.15",
+        "version": "0.7.16",
         "packages": [
-            {"name": "github:getsentry/sentry-native", "version": "0.7.15"},
+            {"name": "github:getsentry/sentry-native", "version": "0.7.16"},
         ],
     }
     if is_android:
diff --git a/tests/test_integration_http.py b/tests/test_integration_http.py
index dbe4b7593..b6ffe4d4e 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration_http.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 # fmt: off
 auth_header = (
-    "Sentry sentry_key=uiaeosnrtdy, sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry.native/0.7.15"
+    "Sentry sentry_key=uiaeosnrtdy, sentry_version=7, sentry_client=sentry.native/0.7.16"
 )
 # fmt: on
 
diff --git a/tests/win_utils.py b/tests/win_utils.py
index e1f1f5b68..3137945ee 100644
--- a/tests/win_utils.py
+++ b/tests/win_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import win32api
 
-sentry_version = "0.7.15"
+sentry_version = "0.7.16"
 
 
 def check_binary_version(binary_path: pathlib.Path):