diff --git a/common/mariadb/CHANGELOG.md b/common/mariadb/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a7acb04e99..27dc36e90e2 100644
--- a/common/mariadb/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/common/mariadb/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.16.0 - 2025/02/04
+- default binary log format changed from MIXED to ROW
+- chart version bumped
+
 ## v0.15.3 - 2025/01/14
 - fixed service selector: added `app.kubernetes.io/instance` label to make service target specific service instance
 - chart version bumped
diff --git a/common/mariadb/Chart.yaml b/common/mariadb/Chart.yaml
index 979062b3ed0..ce64c829ef1 100644
--- a/common/mariadb/Chart.yaml
+++ b/common/mariadb/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 name: mariadb
-version: 0.15.3
+version: 0.16.0
diff --git a/common/mariadb/values.yaml b/common/mariadb/values.yaml
index 41a6339389c..48e1a992b76 100644
--- a/common/mariadb/values.yaml
+++ b/common/mariadb/values.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ query_cache_size: "0"
 query_cache_type: "0"
 join_buffer_size: "4M"
 long_query_time: 5
-binlog_format: "MIXED"
+binlog_format: "ROW"
 expire_logs_days: 10
 character_set_server: "utf8" # Should be utf8mb4, but we started with this
 collation_server: "utf8_general_ci"