diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc20418..2c49ebc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/varfish-org/hgvs-rs/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0) (2024-03-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* adding vertebrate mitochondrial code ([#160](https://github.com/varfish-org/hgvs-rs/issues/160)) ([#161](https://github.com/varfish-org/hgvs-rs/issues/161)) ([eb6739b](https://github.com/varfish-org/hgvs-rs/commit/eb6739b4e19d00beb4bae60bbced6fa16f33cd06))
+
 ## [0.15.0](https://github.com/varfish-org/hgvs-rs/compare/v0.14.1...v0.15.0) (2024-02-08)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hgvs"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Manuel Holtgrewe <manuel.holtgrewe@bih-charite.de>"]
 description = "Port of biocommons/hgvs to Rust"