diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 3cf890dfd6e1..7b76727ec18e 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk/zksync-web3.js": "0.15.4",
   "sdk/zksync-rs": "0.4.0",
-  "core": "15.1.1",
+  "core": "16.0.0",
   "prover": "7.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index a2bf915ae1b7..a60c9a90f16e 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [16.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v15.1.1...core-v16.0.0) (2023-10-11)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **vm:** Update Refund model ([#181](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/181))
+
+### Features
+
+* change chainId to u64 ([#167](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/167)) ([f14bf68](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f14bf6851059a7add6677c89b3192e1b23cbf3c5))
+* **merkle tree:** Provide Merkle proofs for tree entries and entry ranges ([#119](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/119)) ([1e30d0b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/1e30d0ba8d243f41ad1e86e77d24848d64bd11e6))
+* **storage:** save enum indices in RocksDB ([#162](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/162)) ([bab099d](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/bab099d83d9640c965bc02b32d90cce86a3f53cb))
+* **vm:** Update Refund model ([#181](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/181)) ([92b6f59](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/92b6f5999b66666f01b89b5ff188d220139751a2))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **db:** drop constraint prover_jobs_fri_l1_batch_number_fkey ([#173](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/173)) ([fa71650](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/fa7165002884e7137b623feec3721cbbe3332a40))
+* **vm:** Make execution status and stop reason public ([#169](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/169)) ([f98c4fa](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f98c4fab0f10d190ceb2ae9bfa77929bf793a6ea))
+
 ## [15.1.1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v15.1.0...core-v15.1.1) (2023-10-05)