diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65412da7cf..4e3132d30c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.8](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.16.7...barretenberg-v0.16.8) (2023-12-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Complete folding prover and verifier for ultra instances ([#3419](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3419)) ([bb86ce9](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/bb86ce9a27e09b8a336af04b787b81d5f1d49ac8))
+* Copy constructors for builders ([#3635](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3635)) ([b82b0c5](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/b82b0c579c4a315c9b4eaf3e9726275633603b5a))
+* Log-derivative based generic permutations for AVM ([#3428](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3428)) ([379b5ad](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/379b5adc259ac69b01e61b852172cdfc87cf9350))
+* Merge recursive verifier ([#3588](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3588)) ([cdd9259](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/cdd92595c313617189a530e0bfda987db211ae6b))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Aztec sandbox compose fixes ([#3634](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3634)) ([765a19c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/765a19c3aad3a2793a764b970b7cc8a819094da7))
+* Broken uint256_t implicit copy ([#3625](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3625)) ([1a6b44d](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/1a6b44d67e077eb5904ab30255454693d6a1edac))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* Nuke fib ([#3607](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3607)) ([48e2e3d](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/48e2e3d261a7091cb0b87565ec8bc9ae595b3022))
+
 ## [0.16.7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.16.6...barretenberg-v0.16.7) (2023-12-06)
 
 
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 56ea3977f1..022c288f09 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.16.7 # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION 0.16.8 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 # Insert version into `bb` config file
diff --git a/ts/CHANGELOG.md b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
index fa0bef62e3..67ba10e3e4 100644
--- a/ts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.8](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.16.7...barretenberg.js-v0.16.8) (2023-12-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Aztec sandbox compose fixes ([#3634](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3634)) ([765a19c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/765a19c3aad3a2793a764b970b7cc8a819094da7))
+* Top level init bb.js, but better scoped imports to not incur cost too early ([#3629](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/3629)) ([cea862d](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/cea862dd7feec714a34eba6a3cf7a2a174a59a1b))
+
 ## [0.16.7](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.16.6...barretenberg.js-v0.16.7) (2023-12-06)
 
 
diff --git a/ts/package.json b/ts/package.json
index 79ba376f8a..948e4d0d5a 100644
--- a/ts/package.json
+++ b/ts/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/bb.js",
-  "version": "0.16.7",
+  "version": "0.16.8",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/barretenberg/ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",