diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de162fe..168509f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bao-tree"
-version = "0.15.2"
+version = "0.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bao",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5618a9e..77b5268 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bao-tree"
-version = "0.15.2"
+version = "0.16.0"
 authors = ["Rüdiger Klaehn <rklaehn@protonmail.com>"]
 description = "BLAKE3 verfiied streaming with custom chunk groups and range set queries"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"