diff --git a/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform-gradle-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform-gradle-plugin.yml
index a29d1bdf..e34bee7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform-gradle-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform-gradle-plugin.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform-gradle-plugin.yml'
       - 'sentry-kotlin-multiplatform-gradle-plugin/**'
       - 'sentry-samples/**'
+      - 'buildSrc/src/'
       - '!**/*.md'
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform.yml b/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform.yml
index 3c1a8701..01c97893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/kotlin-multiplatform.yml'
       - 'kotlin-multiplatform/**'
       - 'sentry-samples/**'
+      - 'buildSrc/src/'
       - '!**/*.md'
 
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c02f60e3..9df02442 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 - Bump Cocoa SDK from v8.49.1 to v8.53.1 ([#405](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-kotlin-multiplatform/pull/405))
   - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8531)
   - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-cocoa/compare/8.49.1...8.53.1)
+- Bump Java SDK from v8.15.1 to v8.16.0 ([#407](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-kotlin-multiplatform/pull/407))
+  - [changelog](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#8160)
+  - [diff](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/compare/8.15.1...8.16.0)
 
 ## 0.13.0
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
index 35b88987..e0c14d49 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Config.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ object Config {
     object Libs {
         val kotlinStd = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib"
 
-        val sentryJavaVersion = "8.15.1"
+        val sentryJavaVersion = "8.16.0"
         val sentryAndroid = "io.sentry:sentry-android:$sentryJavaVersion"
         val sentryJava = "io.sentry:sentry:$sentryJavaVersion"
 
diff --git a/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/iosApp/Podfile.lock b/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/iosApp/Podfile.lock
index 9c81d181..2a411585 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/iosApp/Podfile.lock
+++ b/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/iosApp/Podfile.lock
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 PODS:
-  - Sentry (8.49.1):
-    - Sentry/Core (= 8.49.1)
-  - Sentry/Core (8.49.1)
+  - Sentry (8.53.1):
+    - Sentry/Core (= 8.53.1)
+  - Sentry/Core (8.53.1)
   - shared (1.0):
-    - Sentry (= 8.49.1)
+    - Sentry (= 8.53.1)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
   - shared (from `../shared`)
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../shared"
 
 SPEC CHECKSUMS:
-  Sentry: f85e0dc4b70846df15384e7412e52ba50783dfca
-  shared: e1ee1549b2a6644585d68979ba7fc647c19fe0c2
+  Sentry: 1e4e974d45f09d153af4b30b42acfb1c79e957d3
+  shared: 303fc7502580d8fb5e44fe7381fe269ada0e793c
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: f282da88f39e69507b0a255187c8a6b644477756
 
diff --git a/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/shared/shared.podspec b/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/shared/shared.podspec
index f48e1b62..904ab4d6 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/shared/shared.podspec
+++ b/sentry-samples/kmp-app-cocoapods/shared/shared.podspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
     spec.vendored_frameworks      = 'build/cocoapods/framework/shared.framework'
     spec.libraries                = 'c++'
     spec.ios.deployment_target    = '14.1'
-    spec.dependency 'Sentry', '8.49.1'
+    spec.dependency 'Sentry', '8.53.1'
                 
     if !Dir.exist?('build/cocoapods/framework/shared.framework') || Dir.empty?('build/cocoapods/framework/shared.framework')
         raise "