diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f92df6d27..8ba9df4dc3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 <!-- insert new changelog below this comment -->
 
+## [0.8.16] - 2026-05-27
+
+### Changed
+
+- docs: update landing page stats and branch naming convention (#2727)
+- feat(workflows): expose {{ context.run_id }} template variable (#2664)
+- fix: resolve __SPECKIT_COMMAND_*__ refs in preset skill rendering (#2717) (#2718)
+- Add Workflow Preset to community catalog (#2725)
+- fix: paths-only skips branch validation, setup-plan preserves existing plan (#2672)
+- docs: fix broken pipx homepage URLs to point to pipx.pypa.io (#2670)
+- Update Architecture Guard extension to v1.8.9 (#2723)
+- Re-validate spec quality checklist after clarify updates spec (#2715)
+- chore: release 0.8.15, begin 0.8.16.dev0 development (#2722)
+
 ## [0.8.15] - 2026-05-27
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15dafb0418..800b1c8e75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.8.16.dev0"
+version = "0.8.17.dev0"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [