diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e6941cb1..a9c7f72d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bootloader-boot-config",
@@ -96,22 +96,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-boot-config"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-bios-boot-sector"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-bios-common"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-bios-stage-2"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "bootloader-x86_64-bios-common",
  "byteorder",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-bios-stage-3"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "bootloader-x86_64-bios-common",
  "noto-sans-mono-bitmap 0.1.6",
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-bios-stage-4"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "bootloader-boot-config",
  "bootloader-x86_64-bios-common",
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-common"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "bootloader-boot-config",
  "bootloader_api",
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader-x86_64-uefi"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "bootloader-boot-config",
  "bootloader-x86_64-common",
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootloader_api"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 dependencies = [
  "rand",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa53e96b..3d731169 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ resolver = "3"
 
 [workspace.package]
 # don't forget to update `workspace.dependencies` below
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.16"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-bootloader_api = { version = "0.11.15", path = "api" }
-bootloader-x86_64-common = { version = "0.11.15", path = "common" }
-bootloader-boot-config = { version = "0.11.15", path = "common/config" }
-bootloader-x86_64-bios-common = { version = "0.11.15", path = "bios/common" }
+bootloader_api = { version = "0.11.16", path = "api" }
+bootloader-x86_64-common = { version = "0.11.16", path = "common" }
+bootloader-boot-config = { version = "0.11.16", path = "common/config" }
+bootloader-x86_64-bios-common = { version = "0.11.16", path = "bios/common" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["bios", "uefi"]
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 251755b5..ba0339b5 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 # Unreleased
 
-* change `rustc-abi` in custom targets from `x86-softfloat` to `softfloat`, following [rust-lang/rust#157151](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/157151)
+# 0.11.16 - 2026-07-07
+
+This release is compatible with Rust nightlies starting with `nightly-2026-07-06`.
+
+* change `rustc-abi` in custom targets from `x86-softfloat` to `softfloat`, following [rust-lang/rust#157151](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/157151) ([#569](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/569))
+* [Fix nightly breakage (nightly-2026-05-10)](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/563)
+* [Add missing `x86_64-unknown-uefi` target](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/557)
+* [Bump `uart_16550` to 0.6.0](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/565)
+* [Bump `critical-section`, `atomic-polyfill`, and `heapless`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/567)
+* [Speed up BIOS disk reads by merging contiguous cluster reads and skipping already-buffered data](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/550)
+* [Fix FAT type detection for large FAT16 volumes](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/547)
+* [Expose FAT partition creation as a separate public function](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/535)
+* [uefi: bump from 0.20 to 0.38](https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/pull/566)
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/rust-osdev/bootloader/compare/v0.11.15...v0.11.16
 
 # 0.11.15 - 2026-02-01