diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 56b9e50..b4e9013 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.15.1"
+  ".": "0.16.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a16c40..863e74d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/linq-team/linq-python/compare/v0.15.1...v0.16.0) (2026-07-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add natural payment rail support with e.164 identifiers ([#36](https://github.com/linq-team/linq-python/issues/36)) ([3012aac](https://github.com/linq-team/linq-python/commit/3012aacbed474abf394789107fef7c3fbd6bc415))
+
 ## [0.15.1](https://github.com/linq-team/linq-python/compare/v0.15.0...v0.15.1) (2026-07-06)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 909cd24..0787ded 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "linq-python"
-version = "0.15.1"
+version = "0.16.0"
 description = "The official Python library for the linq-api-v3 API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/linq/_version.py b/src/linq/_version.py
index b1718c4..50955ed 100644
--- a/src/linq/_version.py
+++ b/src/linq/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "linq"
-__version__ = "0.15.1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.16.0"  # x-release-please-version