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+## Version 2.16.0.0 2024-07-29
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+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.16.0
+
+### Enhancements
+
+* New Navigation UX change ([#1085](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management-dashboards-plugin/pull/1085))
+* Added dataVersionFilter support to MDS to enable version decoupling ([#1080](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management-dashboards-plugin/pull/1080))
+* Add MDS support to snapshot pages ([#1084](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management-dashboards-plugin/pull/1084))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Persist dataSourceId across applications under new Nav change ([#1088](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management-dashboards-plugin/pull/1088))
+
+### Maintenance
+* Bumped up braces package version to address CVE-2024-4068 ([#1091](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management-dashboards-plugin/pull/1091))
+* Increment version to 2.16.0.0 ([#1089](https://github.com/opensearch-project/index-management-dashboards-plugin/pull/1089))