diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 28583f9c8..f9791115e 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "4.15.0-rc3"
+    ".": "4.16.0-rc3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75510da11..98c5972da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.16.0-rc3](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/compare/testcontainers-v4.15.0-rc3...testcontainers-v4.16.0-rc3) (2026-06-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **main:** enable typing for complete package ([237be27](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/237be275fdca346f5ee53cee336fda2501e2b578))
+* **main:** make legacy imports available with deprecation notice ([ab6cca8](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/ab6cca8e99e9b564aefddfa14edbc48a27d5a7bc))
+* **test:** start working on parallel-running tests (WIP!) ([2d24429](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/2d2442929334dd8f1e6128df0ec6172ca08451af))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **arangodb:** replace deprecated add_hash_index with add_persistent_index ([50bb202](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/50bb20251ca09dac715727f486b09b7d810e93fd))
+* **aws:** wrong path of test ([38089b0](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/38089b06ac0ed69804807992c26fff6a03528b14))
+* **ci:** correct coverage paths ([b21eccd](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/b21eccdee23504a5a28159f62c39f126c02b544e))
+* **ci:** fix community test selection ([5287fc8](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/5287fc81d4a90c5c4a447fb19c18b0e37a4d3c12))
+* **ci:** ignore [@overload](https://github.com/overload) in coverage ([592c6d1](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/592c6d17e50ee83b7e390dc56197d2b214c856e5))
+* **ci:** ignore TYPE_CHECKING block in coverage ([3bdc561](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/3bdc561c0c03aad955e13b4e357cec74a0ebf5f3))
+* **core/registry:** use relative import for _LocalRegistryContainer ([961e3d1](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/961e3d1f30548f6408dc5a380badab13ec42568f))
+* **docs:** update docs reflecting new structure ([9427055](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/9427055a6b832d99246d1ef8f304c4444e7e3a4e))
+* **doctests:** Ensure paths are correct ([f777673](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/f777673df0a1e6a7405e30288d73a3a5a38f6d81))
+* **k3s:** replace tmpfs dict kwarg with with_tmpfs_mount() ([4d1da0c](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/4d1da0cc99200c4224d8788b9733fc72364d91d6))
+* **keycloak:** disable SSL requirement for master realm after start ([2a85595](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/2a855958f2ae5e50f02fea708090cdde74dfdca8))
+* **main:** adopt ci to new src structure ([dae421d](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/dae421d08dc7c2b02850fc377546576fbbabbf5d))
+* **main:** adopt imports to new structure ([9155677](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/9155677ce124ffe5b5f5a4a4520d8b1d260729e7))
+* **rabbitmq:** declare queue as durable ([2622736](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/2622736a9a23e7ede94ee3f7d879e29b33da0695))
+* **ruff:** add **/*_example.py to per-file-ignores for T201 ([01dbd16](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/01dbd16816852d254bbc2e1c7aafce12738814e7))
+* **sftp:** remove redundant start() calls and fix SSH connection options ([54cef56](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/54cef56ffc53d43300908be5f1353cab02ba066b))
+* **trino:** increase default startup timeout from 30s to 60s ([2940501](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/2940501dcccab30e505978bb4c8e477a884cac16))
+* **weaviate:** update and fix module ([5dd2aa1](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/commit/5dd2aa1892e345410a2b9f4a96c0b2c9eaeed3f7))
+
 ## [4.15.0-rc3](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/compare/testcontainers-v4.15.0-rc2...testcontainers-v4.15.0-rc3) (2026-06-03)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a4797077..9a09c55b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "testcontainers"
-version = "4.15.0-rc3"  # auto-incremented by release-please
+version = "4.16.0-rc3"  # auto-incremented by release-please
 description = "Python library for throwaway instances of anything that can run in a Docker container"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"