diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a25d1bc0c2e..5677a32dbcb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.15.0"
+  ".": "1.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38a53c9e613..b663e60b413 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/compare/nvim-tree-v1.15.0...nvim-tree-v1.16.0) (2026-01-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add <Del> mapping ([ca8d82f](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/commit/ca8d82fff26cb12ced239713e3222f4a9dcd0da0))
+* add default <Del> mapping for api.fs.remove ([#3238](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/issues/3238)) ([ca8d82f](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/commit/ca8d82fff26cb12ced239713e3222f4a9dcd0da0))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/compare/nvim-tree-v1.14.0...nvim-tree-v1.15.0) (2026-01-11)