diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 85b99fba2..07f5ba31a 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   "packages/capabilities": "17.2.0",
   "packages/upload-api": "18.0.0",
   "packages/upload-client": "17.0.0",
-  "packages/w3up-client": "15.0.0",
+  "packages/w3up-client": "16.0.0",
   "packages/did-mailto": "2.0.2"
 }
diff --git a/packages/w3up-client/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/w3up-client/CHANGELOG.md
index b53bf48f9..3bf97af6c 100644
--- a/packages/w3up-client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/w3up-client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [16.0.0](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/compare/w3up-client-v15.0.0...w3up-client-v16.0.0) (2024-06-20)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* allow invocation configuration to be generated on demand ([#1507](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/issues/1507))
+
+### Features
+
+* allow invocation configuration to be generated on demand ([#1507](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/issues/1507)) ([fd74cbb](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/commit/fd74cbb9a59c10f1688a5994dd2cdc6722be00be))
+* configure UnixFS encoder ([#1509](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/issues/1509)) ([1a5e648](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/commit/1a5e64817d20525c456b78eea22da8189b5748b1))
+
 ## [15.0.0](https://github.com/storacha-network/w3up/compare/w3up-client-v14.1.1...w3up-client-v15.0.0) (2024-06-13)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/w3up-client/package.json b/packages/w3up-client/package.json
index 05dd881c7..68372d7f5 100644
--- a/packages/w3up-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/w3up-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web3-storage/w3up-client",
-  "version": "15.0.0",
+  "version": "16.0.0",
   "description": "Client for the web3.storage w3up api",
   "license": "Apache-2.0 OR MIT",
   "type": "module",