diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nym-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nym-binaries.yml
index 5ceb1477b20..276987e522e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nym-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nym-binaries.yml
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ jobs:
       release_date: ${{ fromJSON(steps.create-release.outputs.assets)[0].published_at }}
       client_hash: ${{ steps.binary-hashes.outputs.client_hash }}
       nymvisor_hash: ${{ steps.binary-hashes.outputs.nymvisor_hash }}
-      nymnode_hash: ${{ steps.binary-hashes.outputs.nymnode_hash }}
       socks5_hash: ${{ steps.binary-hashes.outputs.socks5_hash }}
       netreq_hash: ${{ steps.binary-hashes.outputs.netreq_hash }}
       cli_hash: ${{ steps.binary-hashes.outputs.cli_hash }}
       client_version: ${{ steps.binary-versions.outputs.client_version }}
       nymvisor_version: ${{ steps.binary-versions.outputs.nymvisor_version }}
-      nymnode_version: ${{ steps.binary-versions.outputs.nymnode_version }}
       socks5_version: ${{ steps.binary-versions.outputs.socks5_version }}
       netreq_version: ${{ steps.binary-versions.outputs.netreq_version }}
       cli_version: ${{ steps.binary-versions.outputs.cli_version }}
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust stable
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: 1.86.0
+          toolchain: 1.88.0
           override: true
 
       - name: Build all binaries
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ jobs:
             target/release/nym-network-requester
             target/release/nym-cli
             target/release/nymvisor
-            target/release/nym-node
           retention-days: 30
     
       - id: create-release
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
             target/release/nym-network-requester
             target/release/nym-cli
             target/release/nymvisor
-            target/release/nym-node
 
   push-release-data-client:
     if: ${{ (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/nym-binaries-') && github.event_name == 'release') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5e14815cea..759005e547a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,48 @@ Post 1.0.0 release, the changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2025.16-halloumi] (2025-09-16)
+
+- Backport metadata endpoint ([#6010])
+- bugfix: make sure tables are removed in correct order to not trigger FK constraint issue ([#5987])
+- chore: move authenticator into gateway crate ([#5982])
+- Fix the ns api ci workflow ([#5981])
+- Remove freshness check on testrun submit ([#5977])
+- Update sysinfo to the latest ([#5976])
+- bugfix: manually calculate per node work on rewarded set changes ([#5972])
+- fixing the ci for ns agent ([#5965])
+- Feature/testing utils ([#5963])
+- bugfix: fix ci-build for linux (and use updated runner) ([#5958])
+- chore: updated refs to cheddar rev of nym repo ([#5955])
+- http api client adjustment ([#5953])
+- chore: fix rust 1.89 clippy issues ([#5944])
+- Wireguard metadata client library ([#5943])
+- chore: remove unused import ([#5942])
+- feat: introduce additional checks when attempting to send to bounded channels ([#5941])
+- Move credential verifier in peer controller ([#5938])
+- change PK/FK on expiration date signatures tables ([#5934])
+- Wireguard private metadata ([#5915])
+
+[#6010]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/6010
+[#5987]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5987
+[#5982]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5982
+[#5981]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5981
+[#5977]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5977
+[#5976]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5976
+[#5972]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5972
+[#5965]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5965
+[#5963]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5963
+[#5958]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5958
+[#5955]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5955
+[#5953]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5953
+[#5944]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5944
+[#5943]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5943
+[#5942]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5942
+[#5941]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5941
+[#5938]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5938
+[#5934]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5934
+[#5915]: https://github.com/nymtech/nym/pull/5915
+
 ## [2025.15-gruyere] (2025-08-20)
 
 - Migrate strum to 0.27.2 ([#5960])
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be1bab854c9..50b104fe5d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4883,7 +4883,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-api"
-version = "1.1.64"
+version = "1.1.65"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5095,7 +5095,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-cli"
-version = "1.1.61"
+version = "1.1.62"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
@@ -5178,7 +5178,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.61"
+version = "1.1.62"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
  "clap",
@@ -5454,7 +5454,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-credential-proxy"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum 0.7.9",
@@ -6316,7 +6316,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-network-requester"
-version = "1.1.62"
+version = "1.1.63"
 dependencies = [
  "addr",
  "anyhow",
@@ -6366,7 +6366,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-node"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -6853,7 +6853,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.61"
+version = "1.1.62"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
  "clap",
@@ -7611,7 +7611,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nymvisor"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index a27a046e0ba..3736fc047c2 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-client"
-version = "1.1.61"
+version = "1.1.62"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jędrzej Stuczyński <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 description = "Implementation of the Nym Client"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
index 8f69f57566c..a4b1af15bec 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-socks5-client"
-version = "1.1.61"
+version = "1.1.62"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 description = "A SOCKS5 localhost proxy that converts incoming messages to Sphinx and sends them to a Nym address"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index b055dbe79b3..ae07fc671c1 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-api"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "1.1.64"
+version = "1.1.65"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml b/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml
index cba8c39d50f..d5b8252b960 100644
--- a/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-credential-proxy"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.2.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ rand.workspace = true
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["rustls-tls"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
-sqlx = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite", "macros", "migrate", "time"] }
+sqlx = { workspace = true, features = [
+    "runtime-tokio-rustls",
+    "sqlite",
+    "macros",
+    "migrate",
+    "time",
+] }
 strum = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 strum_macros.workspace = true
 time.workspace = true
@@ -39,18 +45,29 @@ utoipa = { workspace = true, features = ["axum_extras", "time"] }
 utoipa-swagger-ui = { workspace = true, features = ["axum"] }
 zeroize.workspace = true
 
-nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["basic_tracing"] }
+nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = [
+    "basic_tracing",
+] }
 nym-compact-ecash = { path = "../../common/nym_offline_compact_ecash" }
 nym-config = { path = "../../common/config" }
-nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand", "serde"] }
+nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = [
+    "asymmetric",
+    "rand",
+    "serde",
+] }
 nym-credentials = { path = "../../common/credentials" }
 nym-credentials-interface = { path = "../../common/credentials-interface" }
 nym-ecash-contract-common = { path = "../../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/ecash-contract" }
-nym-http-api-common = { path = "../../common/http-api-common", features = ["utoipa", "middleware"] }
+nym-http-api-common = { path = "../../common/http-api-common", features = [
+    "utoipa",
+    "middleware",
+] }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
 nym-network-defaults = { path = "../../common/network-defaults" }
 
-nym-credential-proxy-requests = { path = "../nym-credential-proxy-requests", features = ["openapi"] }
+nym-credential-proxy-requests = { path = "../nym-credential-proxy-requests", features = [
+    "openapi",
+] }
 nym-ecash-signer-check = { path = "../../common/ecash-signer-check" }
 
 nym-credential-proxy-lib = { path = "../../common/credential-proxy" }
@@ -61,11 +78,16 @@ tempfile = { workspace = true }
 [build-dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
-sqlx = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite", "macros", "migrate"] }
+sqlx = { workspace = true, features = [
+    "runtime-tokio-rustls",
+    "sqlite",
+    "macros",
+    "migrate",
+] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["cors"]
 cors = ["tower-http"]
 
 [lints]
-workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
+workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-node/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/Cargo.toml
index d13237cab1a..45f494d4081 100644
--- a/nym-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "nym-node"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.18.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index ad7436e5ded..e9829ca4eff 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-network-requester"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "1.1.62"
+version = "1.1.63"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version = "1.70"
diff --git a/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml b/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml
index a30c16a2558..8b46302ef61 100644
--- a/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/nym-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-cli"
-version = "1.1.61"
+version = "1.1.62"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition = "2021"
 license.workspace = true
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml b/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml
index f7331cda2d9..e2752b40951 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nymvisor"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 authors.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true