diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 45c13ca..70a5955 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.2"
+  ".": "0.16.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d178fc..eac9eba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.3](https://github.com/googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk/compare/v0.16.2...v0.16.3) (2026-06-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable android turn by turn events on background ([#613](https://github.com/googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk/issues/613)) ([90f5fb5](https://github.com/googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk/commit/90f5fb50e568e58e0adb59d8f188ae8517ca6d75))
+
 ## [0.16.2](https://github.com/googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk/compare/v0.16.1...v0.16.2) (2026-06-10)
 
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/SdkVersion.java b/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/SdkVersion.java
index c1b76dd..6ef3900 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/SdkVersion.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/google/android/react/navsdk/SdkVersion.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 /** SDK version constants for internal usage attribution. */
 public final class SdkVersion {
-  public static final String VERSION = "0.16.2"; // {x-release-please-version}
+  public static final String VERSION = "0.16.3"; // {x-release-please-version}
 
   public static final String ATTRIBUTION_ID =
       "gmp_git_reactnativenavigationsdk_v" + VERSION + "_android";
diff --git a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/SdkVersion.h b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/SdkVersion.h
index 36135c9..6253707 100644
--- a/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/SdkVersion.h
+++ b/ios/react-native-navigation-sdk/SdkVersion.h
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
-static NSString *const kRNNavSdkVersion = @"0.16.2";  // x-release-please-version
+static NSString *const kRNNavSdkVersion = @"0.16.3";  // x-release-please-version
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd2e56f..97c967e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk",
-  "version": "0.16.2",
+  "version": "0.16.3",
   "author": "Google",
   "description": "A React Native library for Navigation SDK on Google Maps Platform",
   "main": "lib/commonjs/index",