diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 96a8c91d6..7731f20ec 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.15.0"
+  ".": "2.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1849857e..b73c2dcfd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.16.0](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/compare/descope-2.15.0...descope-2.16.0) (2026-10-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **sso:** usePkce on tenant OIDC SSO settings ([#1716](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1716)) ([cf607b9](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/cf607b9623a884b86186876a8fb4ab33f51579ae))
+* support lock reason in user search ([#1712](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/issues/1712)) ([6bd0f56](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/commit/6bd0f5640ed5b5e12c57cb813b2accf3ab6f40d8))
+
 ## [2.15.0](https://github.com/descope/python-sdk/compare/descope-2.14.0...descope-2.15.0) (2026-10-04)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db19c35bc..893c13324 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "descope"
-version = "2.15.0"
+version = "2.16.0"
 description = "Descope Python SDK"
 authors = [{ name = "Descope", email = "info@descope.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 699b10e04..31e85a06d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "descope"
-version = "2.15.0"
+version = "2.16.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 default-groups = "all"
 dependencies = [