diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Repository Summary
 
-`thread-pool` is a Zig `0.15.2` library that exposes a bounded thread pool with
+`thread-pool` is a Zig `0.16.0` library that exposes a bounded thread pool with
 `global_queue`, `work_stealing`, and `lane_extension` scheduler variants behind
 one API.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c93119..c6255b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ## Status
 
-- Current Zig target: `0.15.2`
+- Current Zig target: `0.16.0`
 - Scheduler variants shipped: `global_queue`, `work_stealing`
 - Current default: `global_queue`
 - Benchmark baseline: [benchmarks/results/baseline.json](benchmarks/results/baseline.json)
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 5682c16..5f1d175 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     .name = .thread_pool,
     .version = "0.2.0",
     .fingerprint = 0x2b20b508067550d7,
-    .minimum_zig_version = "0.15.2",
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.16.0",
     .dependencies = .{},
     .paths = .{
         "build.zig",
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index d9fae01..dfa6418 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Zig `0.15.2`
+- Zig `0.16.0`
 - Git submodules initialized if you want direct Tokio/Go comparisons:
 
 ```bash