diff --git a/changelog/262.improvement.md b/changelog/262.improvement.md
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Added support for {func}`scmdata.run_append` to append {class}`pd.DataFrame` objects
-
-This provides some performance benefits when performing large groupby operations in certain circumstances by
-reducing the number of required append operations.
diff --git a/changelog/267.trivial.md b/changelog/267.trivial.md
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed bump GitHub action
diff --git a/changelog/268.trivial.md b/changelog/268.trivial.md
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-Refactored :meth:`RunGroupBy.apply_parallel` to allow better user control and dependency injection
-
-Also updated associated type hints throughout `scmdata.groupby`
diff --git a/changelog/275.breaking.md b/changelog/275.breaking.md
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-Dropped support for Python 3.8 and relaxed requirements of pint and pyam-iamc
-
-This has led to a number of follow up issues:
-
-- documentation of our supported dependency versions ([#277](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/277))
-- moving to NEP29 ([#276](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/276))
-- a full review of dependencies ([#278](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/278))
-- need to test against development versions of upstream repositories ([#279](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/279))
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.md b/docs/source/changelog.md
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@@ -19,6 +19,34 @@ of rst and use slightly different categories.
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## scmdata v0.16.0 (2023-10-18)
+
+
+### Breaking Changes
+
+- Dropped support for Python 3.8 and relaxed requirements of pint and pyam-iamc
+
+  This has led to a number of follow up issues:
+
+  - documentation of our supported dependency versions ([#277](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/277))
+  - moving to NEP29 ([#276](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/276))
+  - a full review of dependencies ([#278](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/278))
+  - need to test against development versions of upstream repositories ([#279](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/issues/279))
+
+  ([#275](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/pulls/275))
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Added support for {func}`scmdata.run_append` to append {class}`pd.DataFrame` objects
+
+  This provides some performance benefits when performing large groupby operations in certain circumstances by
+  reducing the number of required append operations. ([#262](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/pulls/262))
+
+### Trivial/Internal Changes
+
+- [#267](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/pulls/267), [#268](https://github.com/openscm/scmdata/pulls/268)
+
+
 ## scmdata v0.15.3 (2023-10-12)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 338a77fd..1f859df6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "scmdata"
-version = "0.15.3"
+version = "0.16.0"
 description = "scmdata provides some useful data handling routines for dealing with data related to simple climate models (SCMs aka reduced complexity climate models, RCMs)"
 authors = [
     "Jared Lewis <jared.lewis@climate-resource.com>",