diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1d14b140f9cf..bdadd57e8253 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "backend/core": "0.0.15",
+    "backend/core": "0.0.16",
     ".": "0.0.315"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 883f269ddd55..c15ac876ccce 100644
--- a/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.0.16](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/compare/core-0.0.15...core-0.0.16) (2024-09-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **core:** enforce langchain <0.3 for pydantic v1 ([#3217](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/issues/3217)) ([4bb4800](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/commit/4bb4800a76942ee31a939d3cacc94f057682177a))
+
 ## [0.0.15](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/compare/core-0.0.14...core-0.0.15) (2024-09-16)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/core/pyproject.toml b/backend/core/pyproject.toml
index c06b5f7225aa..b8b07ba71e4b 100644
--- a/backend/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "quivr-core"
-version = "0.0.15"
+version = "0.0.16"
 description = "Quivr core RAG package"
 authors = [
     { name = "Stan Girard", email = "stan@quivr.app" }