diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6053a9c33..4c324336f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.0.0-preview.15"
+  ".": "2.0.0-preview.16"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6812036e2..f590fa76d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.0.0-preview.16](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/compare/v2.0.0-preview.15...v2.0.0-preview.16) (2025-03-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* always serialize security schemes in components ([3aac661](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/3aac661ca2e8050136c423f2835fcdd3a9096482))
+* always serialize security schemes in components ([a765acf](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/commit/a765acf380135694bbd4d1336bd4beddef6ef808))
+
 ## [2.0.0-preview.15](https://github.com/microsoft/OpenAPI.NET/compare/v2.0.0-preview.14...v2.0.0-preview.15) (2025-03-18)
 
 
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index e78ae4872..36d681cf5 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Microsoft/OpenAPI.NET</PackageProjectUrl>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>OpenAPI .NET</PackageTags>
-    <Version>2.0.0-preview.15</Version>
+    <Version>2.0.0-preview.16</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- https://github.com/clairernovotny/DeterministicBuilds#deterministic-builds -->
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TF_BUILD)' == 'true'">