diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 047c623ef..bc7e4aaee 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.15.1"
+  ".": "0.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fafd4ad48..6ad3c816a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/compare/v0.15.1...v0.16.0) (2026-10-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **sidecar:** Add `sidecarImage` plugin parameter ([#1147](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/issues/1147)) ([09fcd95](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/commit/09fcd95fbc85ea46fc51ea6f3982ef55525ee58e))
+* Support running the plugin with multiple replicas ([#1105](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/issues/1105)) ([3b9eff4](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/commit/3b9eff44387eee04b2ea226c404ab925e3519fb9))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Update all non-major go dependencies ([#1158](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/issues/1158)) ([73ef874](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/commit/73ef874eaa347821c06e8691152f31cafc2b277d))
+* **deps:** Update module github.com/cloudnative-pg/barman-cloud to v0.7.0 ([#1174](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/issues/1174)) ([2cd1826](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/commit/2cd1826e0194f7c4f78fa02e4841f91ccf7c8588))
+* **deps:** Update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.25.2 ([#1155](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/issues/1155)) ([74d3760](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/commit/74d3760cb5bb82acef1fa700678ec57b8bd14163))
+
 ## [0.15.1](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud/compare/v0.15.0...v0.15.1) (2026-09-30)
 
 
diff --git a/internal/cnpgi/metadata/constants.go b/internal/cnpgi/metadata/constants.go
index 53e4c9164..f0c6f20e6 100644
--- a/internal/cnpgi/metadata/constants.go
+++ b/internal/cnpgi/metadata/constants.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const (
 // Data is the metadata of this plugin.
 var Data = identity.GetPluginMetadataResponse{
 	Name:          PluginName,
-	Version:       "0.15.1", // x-release-please-version
+	Version:       "0.16.0", // x-release-please-version
 	DisplayName:   "BarmanCloudInstance",
 	ProjectUrl:    "https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud",
 	RepositoryUrl: "https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/plugin-barman-cloud",