diff --git a/tooling/bb_abstraction_leaks/build.rs b/tooling/bb_abstraction_leaks/build.rs
index 9c5e51a8115..166e61a5a97 100644
--- a/tooling/bb_abstraction_leaks/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/bb_abstraction_leaks/build.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use const_format::formatcp;
 
 const USERNAME: &str = "AztecProtocol";
 const REPO: &str = "aztec-packages";
-const VERSION: &str = "0.15.1";
+const VERSION: &str = "0.16.0";
 const TAG: &str = formatcp!("aztec-packages-v{}", VERSION);
 
 const API_URL: &str =
diff --git a/tooling/noir_js_backend_barretenberg/package.json b/tooling/noir_js_backend_barretenberg/package.json
index 360b3e70ec0..af4c6849bf2 100644
--- a/tooling/noir_js_backend_barretenberg/package.json
+++ b/tooling/noir_js_backend_barretenberg/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "lint": "NODE_NO_WARNINGS=1 eslint . --ext .ts --ignore-path ./.eslintignore  --max-warnings 0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aztec/bb.js": "0.15.1",
+    "@aztec/bb.js": "0.16.0",
     "@noir-lang/types": "workspace:*",
     "fflate": "^0.8.0"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6ae655f8ce2..fd2dd3a40d8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@aztec/bb.js@npm:0.15.1":
-  version: 0.15.1
-  resolution: "@aztec/bb.js@npm:0.15.1"
+"@aztec/bb.js@npm:0.16.0":
+  version: 0.16.0
+  resolution: "@aztec/bb.js@npm:0.16.0"
   dependencies:
     comlink: ^4.4.1
     commander: ^10.0.1
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ __metadata:
     tslib: ^2.4.0
   bin:
     bb.js: dest/node/main.js
-  checksum: b3d94eb6db1d1579fa7266486d4b1c6ddc408f1d36bd2585b50e623aa90222d273e56464284b94677979840c1119c5385aa961462d3a1af6cb9a2ba1cf9655f9
+  checksum: 5f68b4ad16284a3a871e0ad21fea05aed670383bc639c9d07ab3bf9b7a9d15cc8a4e5cda404a9290775ad5023924739543a8aac37d602892dd1fb5087521970b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -3434,7 +3434,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@noir-lang/backend_barretenberg@workspace:tooling/noir_js_backend_barretenberg"
   dependencies:
-    "@aztec/bb.js": 0.15.1
+    "@aztec/bb.js": 0.16.0
     "@noir-lang/types": "workspace:*"
     "@types/node": ^20.6.2
     "@types/prettier": ^3