aws · mujtaba1747 · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
+## v3.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### New Features
+
+- feat: actionable guidance for removed v2 interfaces (#6004)
+- feat(serve): add SageMaker GenAI inference benchmarking and recommendation (#5874)
+- feat(feature-store): add BatchWriteRecord and ListRecords to FeatureGroup (#5983)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- fix(iam): scope repo-level ECR actions to prevent false deny in preflight validation (#6024)
+- fix: filter full recipe template from serverless train() (#6021)
+- Fix sm-train unit tests + use single logger in base trainer (#6030)
+
+### Tests
+
+- test(mlops): Skip non-PEP440 version keys in sklearn_latest_version (#6022)
+
 ## v3.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.15.1
+3.16.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "sagemaker-core>=2.15.1,<3.0.0",
-  "sagemaker-train>=1.15.1,<2.0.0",
-  "sagemaker-serve>=1.15.1,<2.0.0",
-  "sagemaker-mlops>=1.15.1,<2.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-core>=2.16.0,<3.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-train>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-serve>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
+  "sagemaker-mlops>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]

diff --git a/sagemaker-core/CHANGELOG.md b/sagemaker-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
+## v2.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### New Features
+
+- feat: actionable guidance for removed v2 interfaces (#6004)
+- feat(feature-store): add BatchWriteRecord and ListRecords to FeatureGroup (#5983)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- fix(iam): scope repo-level ECR actions to prevent false deny in preflight validation (#6024)
+
 ## v2.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

diff --git a/sagemaker-core/VERSION b/sagemaker-core/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.15.1
+2.16.0
diff --git a/sagemaker-mlops/CHANGELOG.md b/sagemaker-mlops/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### Tests
+
+- test(mlops): Skip non-PEP440 version keys in sklearn_latest_version (#6022)
+
 ## v1.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

diff --git a/sagemaker-mlops/VERSION b/sagemaker-mlops/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.1
+1.16.0
diff --git a/sagemaker-mlops/pyproject.toml b/sagemaker-mlops/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "sagemaker-core>=2.15.1",
-    "sagemaker-train>=1.15.1",
-    "sagemaker-serve>=1.15.1",
+    "sagemaker-core>=2.16.0",
+    "sagemaker-train>=1.16.0",
+    "sagemaker-serve>=1.16.0",
     "cryptography>=46.0.0",
     "boto3>=1.42.2,<2.0",
     "botocore>=1.42.2,<2.0",

diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/CHANGELOG.md b/sagemaker-serve/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### New Features
+
+- feat(serve): add SageMaker GenAI inference benchmarking and recommendation (#5874)
+
 ## v1.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/VERSION b/sagemaker-serve/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.1
+1.16.0
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/pyproject.toml b/sagemaker-serve/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "sagemaker-core>=2.15.1",
-    "sagemaker-train>=1.15.1",
+    "sagemaker-core>=2.16.0",
+    "sagemaker-train>=1.16.0",
     "boto3>=1.42.2,<2.0",
     "botocore>=1.35.75,<2.0",
     "deepdiff",

diff --git a/sagemaker-train/CHANGELOG.md b/sagemaker-train/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.16.0 (2026-07-15)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- fix: filter full recipe template from serverless train() (#6021)
+- Fix sm-train unit tests + use single logger in base trainer (#6030)
+
 ## v1.15.1 (2026-07-09)
 
 ### New Features

diff --git a/sagemaker-train/VERSION b/sagemaker-train/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.1
+1.16.0
diff --git a/sagemaker-train/pyproject.toml b/sagemaker-train/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "sagemaker-core>=2.15.1",
+    "sagemaker-core>=2.16.0",
     "graphene>=3,<4",
     "typing_extensions>=4.9.0",
     "tblib>=1.7.0",