diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af55eb37..0f114a98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.2.16](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/compare/cc-v1.2.15...cc-v1.2.16) - 2025-02-28
+
+### Fixed
+
+- force windows compiler to run in `out_dir` to prevent artifacts in cwd (#1415)
+
+### Other
+
+- use `/arch:SSE2` for `x86` target arch (#1425)
+- Regenerate windows-sys binding ([#1422](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1422))
+- Regenerate target info ([#1418](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1418))
+- Add LIB var when compiling flag_check (#1417)
+- Change flag ordering ([#1403](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1403))
+- Fix archiver detection for musl cross compilation ([#1404](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1404))
+
 ## [1.2.15](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/compare/cc-v1.2.14...cc-v1.2.15) - 2025-02-21
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ecff730e..2c20728d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.15"
+version = "1.2.16"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs"