diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7ccfe12..bc845f3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.15.0"
+  ".": "1.16.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd722aa..2682085 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0) (2026-10-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **news:** add natural-language search to POST /news/search ([#1975](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/issues/1975)) ([b9fdc24](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/commit/b9fdc241fcf37d84f848514c5f02eee4510f7560))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/context-dot-dev/context-dev-cli/compare/v1.14.0...v1.15.0) (2026-10-18)
 
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/version.go b/pkg/cmd/version.go
index 8ae26c6..aed34ed 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/version.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/version.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 package cmd
 
-const Version = "1.15.0" // x-release-please-version
+const Version = "1.16.0" // x-release-please-version