diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c48f668f..06052e1e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.16.0] - 2026-10-16
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **`sum by (detected_level)` over a JSON pipeline follows the level Loki's
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68c1b775c..1eebacdfd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 [![Helm Chart Pulls](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/badges/.github/badges/ghcr-chart-pulls.json)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/pkgs/container/charts%2Floki-vl-proxy)
 [![Source Code](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/badges/.github/badges/loc-code.json)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
 [![Test Code](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/badges/.github/badges/loc-tests.json)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
-[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-9739%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
-[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-87.8%25-green)](#tests)
+[![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-10321%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
+[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-88.1%25-green)](#tests)
 [![LogQL Compatibility](https://img.shields.io/badge/LogQL%20compatibility-tested-blue)](#logql-compatibility)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](LICENSE)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml)
diff --git a/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml b/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml
index 0755a76cc..c0985e6b6 100644
--- a/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: loki-vl-proxy
 description: HTTP proxy translating Loki API to VictoriaLogs
 type: application
-version: 2.15.1
-appVersion: "2.15.1"
+version: 2.16.0
+appVersion: "2.16.0"
 home: https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy