diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa47d66..f9bd668 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 <a name=release-note-0-0-1></a>
 ## Release Note (`0.0.1`)
 
@@ -239,3 +240,19 @@
 
  - [[```d3d4a43c```](https://github.com/jina-ai/jina/commit/d3d4a43ce382c2526946818ce7f907f8b997bc9d)] __-__ __version__: the next version will be 0.0.15 (*Jina Dev Bot*)
 
+<a name=release-note-0-0-16></a>
+## Release Note (`0.0.16`)
+
+> Release time: 2023-07-19 16:33:59
+
+
+
+🙇 We'd like to thank all contributors for this new release! In particular,
+ Joan Fontanals,  Jina Dev Bot,  🙇
+
+
+### 🍹 Other Improvements
+
+ - [[```0357cfea```](https://github.com/jina-ai/jina/commit/0357cfead576b237675f1d1f38360a391deb9a3a)] __-__ fix docarray version in deploy (#49) (*Joan Fontanals*)
+ - [[```44856718```](https://github.com/jina-ai/jina/commit/44856718e7ce838cfd7e02f15f82c0d90b815694)] __-__ __version__: the next version will be 0.0.16 (*Jina Dev Bot*)
+
diff --git a/vectordb/__init__.py b/vectordb/__init__.py
index aad667e..2d3b9eb 100644
--- a/vectordb/__init__.py
+++ b/vectordb/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def _ignore_warnings():
 
 _ignore_warnings()
 
-__version__ = '0.0.16'
+__version__ = '0.0.17'
 
 from vectordb.client import Client
 from vectordb.db.hnsw_vectordb import HNSWVectorDB