diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 40df986877ac..5f197e58e465 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "core": "24.12.0",
-  "prover": "16.1.0"
+  "prover": "16.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/prover/CHANGELOG.md b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
index dc9bb315cb10..3a1986efb528 100644
--- a/prover/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/prover/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [16.2.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v16.1.0...prover-v16.2.0) (2024-07-31)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **configs:** Do not panic if config is only partially filled ([#2545](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2545)) ([db13fe3](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/db13fe3550598c69f59cd66b4bb9618ebea041ca))
+* Introduce more tracing instrumentation ([#2523](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2523)) ([79d407a](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/79d407ac47ac51667196aa2cd028d05b1622130f))
+* New prover documentation ([#2466](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2466)) ([1b61d07](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/1b61d0797062ab8b0aa2c1e92b23a3a0d8fd2c61))
+* Remove CI and docker images for CPU prover & compressor ([#2540](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2540)) ([0dda805](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/0dda80532baa77f6ac8b8d9cb7e3712c2eca22f6))
+* Remove unused VKs, add docs for BWG ([#2468](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2468)) ([2fa6bf0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/2fa6bf0ffa5d7a5ff62d595a0efeff9dcd9e5a1a))
+* Update to consensus 0.1.0-rc.4 (BFT-486) ([#2475](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2475)) ([ff6b10c](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/ff6b10c4a994cf70297a034202bcb55152748cba))
+* **vlog:** New vlog interface + opentelemtry improvements ([#2472](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2472)) ([c0815cd](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c0815cdaf878afcd9c41dddd9fe56bcf8d910633))
+* **witness_vector_generator:** Make it possible to run multiple wvg instances in one binary ([#2493](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2493)) ([572ad40](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/572ad40175784b62d61aa46dcf901a7e2f6ff8f5))
+* **zk_toolbox:** use configs from the main repo ([#2470](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2470)) ([4222d13](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/4222d135b62eb4de103c4aebb35e9c302d94ad63))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **prover:** Parallelize circuit metadata uploading for BWG ([#2520](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2520)) ([f49720f](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f49720fbafdab8f102d908b2be3fa869482a92fa))
+* **prover:** Reduce database connection overhead for BWG ([#2543](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2543)) ([c2439e9](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c2439e904e2520d22d9ed58b4dd6583da91fb4e3))
+* **witness_generator:** Only spawn 1 prometheus exporter per witness generator ([#2492](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2492)) ([b9cb222](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/b9cb222ed7c27daa73ce20b8911afd94106e70a6))
+
 ## [16.1.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/prover-v16.0.0...prover-v16.1.0) (2024-07-24)