diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index cfd8ce2a..ccd61e7b 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "4.15.0"
+    ".": "4.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18e6343e..499fefee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.16.0](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/compare/testcontainers-v4.15.0...testcontainers-v4.16.0) (2026-08-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **mssql:** Add new SQL Server version to test parameters ([#1079](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues/1079)) ([1a2804e](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/1a2804e04fceab3b1734357fd98a4d5ad3603464))
+* support MongoDB replica set ([#1092](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues/1092)) ([5c70d54](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/5c70d540e0df919e2de77ce8cc75b5c50cd772e7))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **build:** pin hatchling <1.32 to fix twine check CI failure ([#1095](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues/1095)) ([c530436](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/c5304363a41991ae3018ce95cd52346b07216b03))
+* **build:** upgrade twine to >=7.0.0 to support Metadata-Version 2.5 ([#1100](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues/1100)) ([c958e40](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/c958e40ca25b77c75d9fabbd8eb05736dded5790))
+* **toxiproxy:** add Toxiproxy container module ([#1105](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues/1105)) ([16ba92e](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/16ba92e5c90f5a9d4e56ac6e65921593a6eccfe7))
+
 ## [4.15.0](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/compare/testcontainers-v4.15.0-rc4...testcontainers-v4.15.0) (2026-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ba4209e..a706d9d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "testcontainers"
-version = "4.15.0"  # auto-incremented by release-please
+version = "4.16.0"  # auto-incremented by release-please
 description = "Python library for throwaway instances of anything that can run in a Docker container"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"