diff --git a/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
index 8f3e0a494..b4e9013ba 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.15.0"
+  ".": "0.16.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76703bba2..b0adea250 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk/compare/sdk-v0.15.0...sdk-v0.16.0) (2026-04-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sdk:** bound browser decrypt memory for large chunker downloads ([#922](https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk/issues/922)) ([66aad4e](https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk/commit/66aad4e2f398a3ada7683f4a74d38d68eb682b6a))
+* **sdk:** bump uuid from 13.0.0 to 14.0.0 in /lib ([#923](https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk/issues/923)) ([7c02e1f](https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk/commit/7c02e1fccf619c1f877192327d3a23e794d36dd3))
+
 ## [0.15.0](https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk/compare/sdk-v0.14.0...sdk-v0.15.0) (2026-04-22)
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2bc03fb86..c7a60e561 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 # x-release-please-start-version
-version=0.15.0
+version=0.16.0
 # x-release-please-end
 extras=cli web-app
 pkgs=lib $(extras)
diff --git a/cli/package-lock.json b/cli/package-lock.json
index cb7d060c8..cf940dcab 100644
--- a/cli/package-lock.json
+++ b/cli/package-lock.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "@opentdf/ctl",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@opentdf/ctl",
-      "version": "0.15.0",
+      "version": "0.16.0",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause-Clear",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz",
+        "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz",
         "yargs": "^18.0.0"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@bufbuild/protobuf": {
-      "version": "2.11.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@bufbuild/protobuf/-/protobuf-2.11.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sBXGT13cpmPR5BMgHE6UEEfEaShh5Ror6rfN3yEK5si7QVrtZg8LEPQb0VVhiLRUslD2yLnXtnRzG035J/mZXQ==",
+      "version": "2.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@bufbuild/protobuf/-/protobuf-2.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-B/XlCaFIP8LOwzo+bz5uFzATYokcwCKQcghqnlfwSmM5eX/qTkvDBnDPs+gXtX/RyjxJ4DRikECcPJbyALA8FA==",
       "license": "(Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)",
       "peer": true
     },
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@opentdf/sdk": {
-      "version": "0.15.0",
-      "resolved": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BMdJ6wRFC/vSNDqN6i0KAfIsY/OlxEggKj3s4WH0oemWj5VhfDtL/rH4ZjahEenWeobY5DdcW0d452spAd/s5w==",
+      "version": "0.16.0",
+      "resolved": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VmkYW1BnhQJnytyIJF+awjp8mG59lppG6pNXUaa/sgQyb+Vs0we22r4Qmgl4pwIoQYauh83tsupfYsmuZqeJLA==",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause-Clear",
       "dependencies": {
         "@connectrpc/connect": "^2.0.2",
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
         "buffer-crc32": "^1.0.0",
         "jose": "6.0.8",
         "json-canonicalize": "^1.0.6",
-        "uuid": "~13.0.0"
+        "uuid": "~14.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@pkgjs/parseargs": {
@@ -3246,9 +3246,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/uuid": {
-      "version": "13.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-13.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XQegIaBTVUjSHliKqcnFqYypAd4S+WCYt5NIeRs6w/UAry7z8Y9j5ZwRRL4kzq9U3sD6v+85er9FvkEaBpji2w==",
+      "version": "14.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-14.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Qo+uWgilfSmAhXCMav1uYFynlQO7fMFiMVZsQqZRMIXp0O7rR7qjkj+cPvBHLgBqi960QCoo/PH2/6ZtVqKvrg==",
       "funding": [
         "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
         "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 34167c8da..324d4ec20 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@opentdf/ctl",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "description": "Node based CLI for opentdf",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "serialize-javascript": "^7.0.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz",
+    "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz",
     "yargs": "^18.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/package-lock.json b/lib/package-lock.json
index 29c1bbeae..d14699558 100644
--- a/lib/package-lock.json
+++ b/lib/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@opentdf/sdk",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@opentdf/sdk",
-      "version": "0.15.0",
+      "version": "0.16.0",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause-Clear",
       "dependencies": {
         "@connectrpc/connect": "^2.0.2",
diff --git a/lib/package.json b/lib/package.json
index b824fe42b..01e6b140f 100644
--- a/lib/package.json
+++ b/lib/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@opentdf/sdk",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "description": "OpenTDF for the Web",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/opentdf/web-sdk",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/lib/src/version.ts b/lib/src/version.ts
index cbca43e8d..c59996e5d 100644
--- a/lib/src/version.ts
+++ b/lib/src/version.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Exposes the released version number of the `@opentdf/sdk` package
  */
-export const version = '0.15.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const version = '0.16.0'; // x-release-please-version
 
 /**
  * A string name used to label requests as coming from this library client.
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index a55105169..04a373efe 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.15.0
+0.16.0
diff --git a/web-app/package-lock.json b/web-app/package-lock.json
index 876b3e047..eea7b62a8 100644
--- a/web-app/package-lock.json
+++ b/web-app/package-lock.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "web-app",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "web-app",
-      "version": "0.15.0",
+      "version": "0.16.0",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause-Clear",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz",
+        "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz",
         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
         "dpop": "^1.4.1",
         "native-file-system-adapter": "^3.0.1",
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@bufbuild/protobuf": {
-      "version": "2.11.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@bufbuild/protobuf/-/protobuf-2.11.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sBXGT13cpmPR5BMgHE6UEEfEaShh5Ror6rfN3yEK5si7QVrtZg8LEPQb0VVhiLRUslD2yLnXtnRzG035J/mZXQ==",
+      "version": "2.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@bufbuild/protobuf/-/protobuf-2.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-B/XlCaFIP8LOwzo+bz5uFzATYokcwCKQcghqnlfwSmM5eX/qTkvDBnDPs+gXtX/RyjxJ4DRikECcPJbyALA8FA==",
       "license": "(Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)",
       "peer": true
     },
@@ -1141,9 +1141,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@opentdf/sdk": {
-      "version": "0.15.0",
-      "resolved": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BMdJ6wRFC/vSNDqN6i0KAfIsY/OlxEggKj3s4WH0oemWj5VhfDtL/rH4ZjahEenWeobY5DdcW0d452spAd/s5w==",
+      "version": "0.16.0",
+      "resolved": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VmkYW1BnhQJnytyIJF+awjp8mG59lppG6pNXUaa/sgQyb+Vs0we22r4Qmgl4pwIoQYauh83tsupfYsmuZqeJLA==",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause-Clear",
       "dependencies": {
         "@connectrpc/connect": "^2.0.2",
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@
         "buffer-crc32": "^1.0.0",
         "jose": "6.0.8",
         "json-canonicalize": "^1.0.6",
-        "uuid": "~13.0.0"
+        "uuid": "~14.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@pkgjs/parseargs": {
@@ -4817,9 +4817,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/uuid": {
-      "version": "13.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-13.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XQegIaBTVUjSHliKqcnFqYypAd4S+WCYt5NIeRs6w/UAry7z8Y9j5ZwRRL4kzq9U3sD6v+85er9FvkEaBpji2w==",
+      "version": "14.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-14.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Qo+uWgilfSmAhXCMav1uYFynlQO7fMFiMVZsQqZRMIXp0O7rR7qjkj+cPvBHLgBqi960QCoo/PH2/6ZtVqKvrg==",
       "funding": [
         "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
         "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
diff --git a/web-app/package.json b/web-app/package.json
index edbe7f2a7..277eb8a26 100644
--- a/web-app/package.json
+++ b/web-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "web-app",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause-Clear",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "test": "vite build && vitest",
     "test:ui": "vite build && vitest --ui",
-    "rebuild": "npm remove @opentdf/sdk && npm add file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz && npm run dev"
+    "rebuild": "npm remove @opentdf/sdk && npm add file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz && npm run dev"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.15.0.tgz",
+    "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.16.0.tgz",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "dpop": "^1.4.1",
     "native-file-system-adapter": "^3.0.1",