diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index c380d7ed58..33288862ae 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ The last version increases of all libraries were on 2024-03-07
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2024-09-18 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavc 61.16.100 - avcodec.h
+  Add AV_CODEC_ID_LCEVC.
+
 2024-09-18 - xxxxxxxxxx - lavu 59.37.100 - frame.h
   Add AV_FRAME_DATA_LCEVC.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
index a28ef68061..03dea5751a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
@@ -3696,6 +3696,12 @@ static const AVCodecDescriptor codec_descriptors[] = {
         .name      = "smpte_2038",
         .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("SMPTE ST 2038 VANC in MPEG-2 TS"),
     },
+    {
+        .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_LCEVC,
+        .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_DATA,
+        .name      = "lcevc",
+        .long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("LCEVC (Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding) / MPEG-5 LCEVC / MPEG-5 part 2"),
+    },
     {
         .id        = AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG2TS,
         .type      = AVMEDIA_TYPE_DATA,
diff --git a/libavcodec/codec_id.h b/libavcodec/codec_id.h
index 0ab1e34a61..0a8d3bed1e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec_id.h
+++ b/libavcodec/codec_id.h
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ enum AVCodecID {
     AV_CODEC_ID_TIMED_ID3,
     AV_CODEC_ID_BIN_DATA,
     AV_CODEC_ID_SMPTE_2038,
+    AV_CODEC_ID_LCEVC,
 
 
     AV_CODEC_ID_PROBE = 0x19000, ///< codec_id is not known (like AV_CODEC_ID_NONE) but lavf should attempt to identify it
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 9b8c267529..82a86fe9d9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #include "version_major.h"
 
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  15
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  16
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 100
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \