diff --git a/build/meshery-extensions.version b/build/meshery-extensions.version
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.8.15-1
+v0.8.16-1
diff --git a/content/en/kanvas/reference/releases/v0.8.16-1.md b/content/en/kanvas/reference/releases/v0.8.16-1.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+title: v0.8.16-1
+date: 2025-01-17T20:29:50Z
+tag: v0.8.16-1
+prerelease: false
+---
+
+## What's New
+## 🔤 General
+* No changes
+
+## 👨🏽‍💻 Contributors
+
+Thank you to our contributors for making this release possible:
+@l5io