diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5e53c1b..70272af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ Community MySQL and MariaDB Collection Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 2.0.0.
 
+v3.16.0
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is the minor release of the ``community.mysql`` collection.
+This changelog contains all changes to the modules and plugins in this collection
+that have been made after the previous release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- `mysql_query` - add new `session_vars` argument, similar to ansible-collections/community.mysql#489.
+
 v3.15.0
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 4b09970..ef5ec53 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -316,6 +316,19 @@ releases:
     - fix_python2_compatibility.yml
     - fix_user_module_for_default_roles.yml
     release_date: '2025-07-24'
+  3.16.0:
+    changes:
+      minor_changes:
+      - '`mysql_query` - add new `session_vars` argument, similar to ansible-collections/community.mysql#489.'
+      release_summary: 'This is the minor release of the ``community.mysql`` collection.
+
+        This changelog contains all changes to the modules and plugins in this collection
+
+        that have been made after the previous release.'
+    fragments:
+    - 0_mysql_query_session_vars.yml
+    - release_3_16_0.yml
+    release_date: '2025-09-12'
   3.2.0:
     changes:
       bugfixes:
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/0_mysql_query_session_vars.yml b/changelogs/fragments/0_mysql_query_session_vars.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b6e2749..0000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/0_mysql_query_session_vars.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - '`mysql_query` - add new `session_vars` argument, similar to ansible-collections/community.mysql#489.'
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 43d9aea..6a24407 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 namespace: community
 name: mysql
-version: 3.15.0
+version: 3.16.0
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible community