diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 86dfd338a8c..1daa6322690 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "24.15.0",
+  "core": "24.16.0",
   "prover": "16.3.0",
   "zk_toolbox": "0.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88b5204d317..c352625b943 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8652,7 +8652,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
-version = "24.15.0"
+version = "24.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 8488606a405..2632d997c21 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [24.16.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.15.0...core-v24.16.0) (2024-08-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* External prover API ([#2538](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2538)) ([129a181](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/129a1819262d64a36d651af01fdab93c5ff91712))
+* **node-framework:** Add API fee params resource ([#2621](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2621)) ([aff7b65](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/aff7b6535ef92aaced0dd7fa1cc08d656cba027e))
+* **vlog:** Expose more resource values via opentelemetry ([#2620](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2620)) ([7ae07e4](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/7ae07e446c9732a896ca8246d324e82c6e6d5a46))
+* **vlog:** Report observability config, flush, and shutdown ([#2622](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2622)) ([e23e661](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/e23e6611731835ef3abd34f3f9867f9dc533eb21))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Bump prover dependencies & rust toolchain ([#2600](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2600)) ([849c6a5](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/849c6a5dcd095e8fead0630a2a403f282c26a2aa))
+* **en:** Initialize SyncState in OutputHandler ([#2618](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2618)) ([f0c8506](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f0c85062fac96180c2e0dec52086714ee3783fcf))
+* restrictive genesis parsing ([#2605](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2605)) ([d5f8f38](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/d5f8f3892a14180f590cabab921d3a68dec903e3))
+
 ## [24.15.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.14.0...core-v24.15.0) (2024-08-07)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 96a09a2ba2a..4a3a4f14a55 100644
--- a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
 description = "Non-validator ZKsync node"
-version = "24.15.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "24.16.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true