diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c344311..9650d3b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.16.0] - 2026-09-29
+
 ### Features
 
 - DuckDB geometry columns now show as text, like `POINT (-117.93367 34.34613)`, instead of as raw bytes, in the Results Viewer and everywhere else; the spatial extension's types also get a `geo` label in the Data Catalog ([#302](https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/issues/302)).
@@ -1138,7 +1140,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Use the DuckDB CLI.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/compare/2.15.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/compare/2.16.0...HEAD
+[2.16.0]: https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/compare/2.15.0...2.16.0
 [2.15.0]: https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/compare/2.14.0...2.15.0
 [2.14.0]: https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/compare/2.13.0...2.14.0
 [2.13.0]: https://github.com/tconbeer/harlequin/compare/2.12.2...2.13.0
diff --git a/packaging/hsql/pyproject.toml b/packaging/hsql/pyproject.toml
index a485a15a..4c5298e8 100644
--- a/packaging/hsql/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packaging/hsql/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 [project]
 
 name = "hsql"
-version = "2.15.0"
+version = "2.16.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "The headless SQL client for scripts and agents. Installs Harlequin."
 authors = [
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ classifiers = [
 # the entry point below honest -- it points into a module that only exists in
 # releases that ship the `hsql` command.
 dependencies = [
-    "harlequin==2.15.0",
+    "harlequin==2.16.0",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 58112fc2..9fd0bf9b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 
 name = "harlequin"
-version = "2.15.0"
+version = "2.16.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 description = "The SQL IDE for Your Terminal."
 authors = [
diff --git a/src/harlequin/hsql/protocol.py b/src/harlequin/hsql/protocol.py
index 8bdd58a3..4e892b18 100644
--- a/src/harlequin/hsql/protocol.py
+++ b/src/harlequin/hsql/protocol.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     import socket
     from typing import Mapping, Sequence
 
-VERSION = "2.15.0"
+VERSION = "2.16.0"
 """The release this protocol belongs to; a client refuses a server on another.
 
 hsql's output bytes are its API, and "frozen" has always meant "across the
diff --git a/src/harlequin/hsql/skill/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/src/harlequin/hsql/skill/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 6876ad8e..194d10eb 100644
--- a/src/harlequin/hsql/skill/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/src/harlequin/hsql/skill/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hsql",
   "description": "The Agent Skill for hsql, the best SQL client for automations and agents.",
-  "version": "2.15.0",
+  "version": "2.16.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Ted Conbeer",
     "url": "https://github.com/tconbeer"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index fd00d313..0cd67df3 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "harlequin"
-version = "2.15.0"
+version = "2.16.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },