chore(main): Release 1.16.0

Author: grafana-alloybot[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.15.0"
+  ".": "1.16.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0) (2026-03-30)
+
+
+### Features 🌟
+
+* **loki.secretfilter:** Change secretfilter to use go-re2 regex library instead of stdlib ([#5909](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5909)) ([c16a660](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/c16a660b912a948badc4e69de4eeab6edc1b3364))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes 🐛
+
+* **deps:** Update module github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 to v5.17.1 [SECURITY] ([#5934](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5934)) ([a5154af](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/a5154af3dfc1ed58af087b34778fdbd135a51397))
+* **deps:** Update module github.com/nwaples/rardecode/v2 to v2.2.0 [SECURITY] ([b44d51a](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/b44d51ae1d282ee999498867e4590f39cf19c0ff))
+* **deps:** Update some minor go dep versions ([#5896](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/issues/5896)) ([4ddd0ed](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/commit/4ddd0ed7b672515ed2f5b5a502fdce5630617a69))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/grafana/alloy/compare/v1.14.0...v1.15.0) (2026-03-26)
 
 

collector/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.0 # x-release-please-version
+1.16.0 # x-release-please-version

collector/builder-config.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dist:
   module: github.com/grafana/alloy/otel_engine
   name: alloy
   description: Alloy OTel Collector distribution.
-  version: v1.15.0 # x-release-please-version
+  version: v1.16.0 # x-release-please-version
   output_path: .
 
 extensions:

docs/sources/_index.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Grafana Alloy
 description: Grafana Alloy is a vendor-neutral distribution of the OTel Collector
 weight: 350
 cascade:
-  ALLOY_RELEASE: v1.15.0 # x-release-please-version
+  ALLOY_RELEASE: v1.16.0 # x-release-please-version
   OTEL_VERSION: v0.147.0
   PROM_WIN_EXP_VERSION: v0.31.3
   SNMP_VERSION: v0.29.0