diff --git a/zstd/CHANGELOG.md b/zstd/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b2d32dd..298e3a4b 100644
--- a/zstd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/zstd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.0.16](https://github.com/structured-world/structured-zstd/compare/v0.0.15...v0.0.16) - 2026-04-11
+
+### Performance
+
+- *(encoding)* early incompressible fast-path + benchmark parity ([#99](https://github.com/structured-world/structured-zstd/pull/99))
+
 ## [0.0.15](https://github.com/structured-world/structured-zstd/compare/v0.0.14...v0.0.15) - 2026-04-09
 
 ### Performance
diff --git a/zstd/Cargo.toml b/zstd/Cargo.toml
index 430c8158..3f3826c5 100644
--- a/zstd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zstd/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "structured-zstd"
-version = "0.0.15"
+version = "0.0.16"
 rust-version = "1.92"
 authors = [
     "Moritz Borcherding <moritz.borcherding@web.de>",