diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [1.16.0](https://github.com/gmickel/CodeWhisper/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0) (2024-08-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add benchmark tool ([#95](https://github.com/gmickel/CodeWhisper/issues/95)) ([a82619e](https://github.com/gmickel/CodeWhisper/commit/a82619ed48a200ed56b27b71df10c857aa17c486))
+
 # [1.15.0](https://github.com/gmickel/CodeWhisper/compare/v1.14.3...v1.15.0) (2024-08-13)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "codewhisper",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.15.0",
+  "version": "1.16.0",
   "description": "AI-Powered End-to-End Task Implementation & blazingly fast Codebase-to-LLM Context Bridge",
   "author": "Gordon Mickel <gordon@mickel.tech>",
   "license": "MIT",