diff --git a/app/_data/kong_versions.yml b/app/_data/kong_versions.yml
index 1f033c8d2a9..7fbb44677ab 100644
--- a/app/_data/kong_versions.yml
+++ b/app/_data/kong_versions.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     pcre: 8.45
   lua_doc: true
 - release: "3.4.x"
-  ee-version: "3.4.3.15"
+  ee-version: "3.4.3.16"
   ce-version: "3.4.2"
   edition: "gateway"
   luarocks_version: "3.0.0-0"
diff --git a/app/gateway/changelog.md b/app/gateway/changelog.md
index 5f9eb21435c..47995562f5f 100644
--- a/app/gateway/changelog.md
+++ b/app/gateway/changelog.md
@@ -2982,6 +2982,13 @@ was called multiple times in a request lifecycle.
   * Bumped `nghttp2` from 1.56.0 to 1.57.0
 
 
+## 3.4.3.16
+**Release Date** 2025/01/16
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Bumped `libxml2` to 2.11.9 to address [CVE-2024-40896](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40896).
+
 ## 3.4.3.15
 **Release Date** 2025/01/10