chore: update changelog and version to 0.53.16

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog][keepachangelog] and adheres to [Semant
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Fixed
+## [0.53.16] - 2025-11-03
+
+### Added
+\n
+### Changed
+- Improved the changelog generation script to prevent infinite loops when the only unpushed commit is a previous changelog update.
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+\n
 ## [0.53.15] - 2025-11-03
 
 ### Added

Makefile

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test-e2e:
 
 .PHONY: build clean test run-node run-node2 run-node3 run-example deps tidy fmt vet lint clear-ports install-hooks
 
-VERSION := 0.53.15
+VERSION := 0.53.16
 COMMIT  ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 DATE    ?= $(shell date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
 LDFLAGS := -X 'main.version=$(VERSION)' -X 'main.commit=$(COMMIT)' -X 'main.date=$(DATE)'