diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ae9b77..07d13fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+nilfs-utils-2.2.16  Sun Jan 25, 2026 JST
+
+	* Fix a build issue on distributions with fully merged bin/sbin:
+	  - build: avoid overwriting binaries with compat symlinks on
+	    merged-/usr (e.g., Fedora Rawhide)
+	* Backport some kernel-doc warning fixes
+
 nilfs-utils-2.2.15  Wed Jan 21, 2026 JST
 
 	* Fix a regression introduced in nilfs-utils-2.2.12:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4cd73b6..bf38ea2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([NILFS utils],[2.2.15],[linux-nilfs@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([NILFS utils],[2.2.16],[linux-nilfs@vger.kernel.org])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([config.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])