diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ca7b4be646..23b84f7bd1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ COPY . /work
 # Run the build script once to build the ops agent engine to a cache
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/cache_run/golang && cp -r . /tmp/cache_run/golang
 WORKDIR /tmp/cache_run/golang
-RUN ./pkg/rpm/build.sh &> /dev/null || true
+RUN SLE_VERSION=12 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh &> /dev/null || true
 WORKDIR /work
 
 COPY ./confgenerator/default-config.yaml /work/cache/etc/google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ COPY --from=sles12-build-otel /work/cache /work/cache
 COPY --from=sles12-build-fluent-bit /work/cache /work/cache
 COPY --from=sles12-build-systemd /work/cache /work/cache
 COPY --from=sles12-build-wrapper /work/cache /work/cache
-RUN ./pkg/rpm/build.sh
+RUN SLE_VERSION=12 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh
 
 COPY cmd/ops_agent_uap_plugin cmd/ops_agent_uap_plugin
 COPY ./builds/ops_agent_plugin.sh .
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ COPY . /work
 # Run the build script once to build the ops agent engine to a cache
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/cache_run/golang && cp -r . /tmp/cache_run/golang
 WORKDIR /tmp/cache_run/golang
-RUN ./pkg/rpm/build.sh &> /dev/null || true
+RUN SLE_VERSION=15 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh &> /dev/null || true
 WORKDIR /work
 
 COPY ./confgenerator/default-config.yaml /work/cache/etc/google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ COPY --from=sles15-build-otel /work/cache /work/cache
 COPY --from=sles15-build-fluent-bit /work/cache /work/cache
 COPY --from=sles15-build-systemd /work/cache /work/cache
 COPY --from=sles15-build-wrapper /work/cache /work/cache
-RUN ./pkg/rpm/build.sh
+RUN SLE_VERSION=15 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh
 
 COPY cmd/ops_agent_uap_plugin cmd/ops_agent_uap_plugin
 COPY ./builds/ops_agent_plugin.sh .
@@ -921,6 +921,111 @@ COPY --from=sles15-build /tmp/google-cloud-ops-agent.tgz /google-cloud-ops-agent
 COPY --from=sles15-build /google-cloud-ops-agent*.rpm /
 COPY --from=sles15-build /google-cloud-ops-agent-plugin*.tar.gz /
 
+# ======================================
+# Build Ops Agent for sles-16
+# ======================================
+
+FROM opensuse/leap:16.0 AS sles16-build-base
+ARG OPENJDK_MAJOR_VERSION
+
+RUN set -x; zypper -n refresh && \
+		zypper -n update && \
+		zypper -n install git systemd autoconf automake flex libtool libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel libyajl-devel gcc gcc-c++ zlib-devel rpm-build expect cmake systemd-devel systemd-rpm-macros unzip zip 'bison>3'
+# Allow fluent-bit to find systemd
+RUN ln -fs /usr/lib/systemd /lib/systemd
+COPY --from=openjdk-install /usr/local/java-${OPENJDK_MAJOR_VERSION}-openjdk/ /usr/local/java-${OPENJDK_MAJOR_VERSION}-openjdk
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/local/java-${OPENJDK_MAJOR_VERSION}-openjdk/
+COPY --from=cmake-install-recent /cmake.sh /cmake.sh
+RUN set -x; bash /cmake.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local
+
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+# Install golang
+ARG TARGETARCH
+ARG GO_VERSION
+ADD https://go.dev/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz /tmp/go${GO_VERSION}.tar.gz
+RUN set -xe; \
+    tar -xf /tmp/go${GO_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /usr/local
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/go/bin"
+
+
+FROM sles16-build-base AS sles16-build-otel
+WORKDIR /work
+# Download golang deps
+COPY ./submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector/go.mod ./submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector/go.sum submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector/
+RUN cd submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector && go mod download
+
+COPY ./submodules/opentelemetry-java-contrib submodules/opentelemetry-java-contrib
+# Install gradle. The first invocation of gradlew does this
+RUN cd submodules/opentelemetry-java-contrib && ./gradlew --no-daemon -Djdk.lang.Process.launchMechanism=vfork tasks
+COPY ./submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector
+COPY ./builds/otel.sh .
+RUN \
+    unset OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER && \
+    unset OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT && \
+    unset OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL && \
+    ./otel.sh /work/cache/
+
+FROM sles16-build-base AS sles16-build-fluent-bit
+WORKDIR /work
+COPY ./submodules/fluent-bit submodules/fluent-bit
+COPY ./builds/fluent_bit.sh .
+RUN ./fluent_bit.sh /work/cache/
+
+
+FROM sles16-build-base AS sles16-build-systemd
+WORKDIR /work
+COPY ./systemd systemd
+COPY ./builds/systemd.sh .
+RUN ./systemd.sh /work/cache/
+
+
+FROM sles16-build-base AS sles16-build-golang-base
+WORKDIR /work
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+# Fetch dependencies
+RUN go mod download
+COPY confgenerator confgenerator
+COPY apps apps
+COPY internal internal
+
+
+FROM sles16-build-golang-base AS sles16-build-wrapper
+WORKDIR /work
+COPY cmd/agent_wrapper cmd/agent_wrapper
+COPY ./builds/agent_wrapper.sh .
+RUN ./agent_wrapper.sh /work/cache/
+
+
+FROM sles16-build-golang-base AS sles16-build
+WORKDIR /work
+COPY . /work
+
+# Run the build script once to build the ops agent engine to a cache
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/cache_run/golang && cp -r . /tmp/cache_run/golang
+WORKDIR /tmp/cache_run/golang
+RUN SLE_VERSION=16 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh &> /dev/null || true
+WORKDIR /work
+
+COPY ./confgenerator/default-config.yaml /work/cache/etc/google-cloud-ops-agent/config.yaml
+COPY --from=sles16-build-otel /work/cache /work/cache
+COPY --from=sles16-build-fluent-bit /work/cache /work/cache
+COPY --from=sles16-build-systemd /work/cache /work/cache
+COPY --from=sles16-build-wrapper /work/cache /work/cache
+RUN SLE_VERSION=16 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh
+
+COPY cmd/ops_agent_uap_plugin cmd/ops_agent_uap_plugin
+COPY ./builds/ops_agent_plugin.sh .
+RUN ./ops_agent_plugin.sh /work/cache/
+RUN ./pkg/plugin/build.sh /work/cache sles16
+
+
+FROM scratch AS sles16
+COPY --from=sles16-build /tmp/google-cloud-ops-agent.tgz /google-cloud-ops-agent-sles-16.tgz
+COPY --from=sles16-build /google-cloud-ops-agent*.rpm /
+COPY --from=sles16-build /google-cloud-ops-agent-plugin*.tar.gz /
+
 # ======================================
 # Build Ops Agent for ubuntu-jammy
 # ======================================
@@ -1330,6 +1435,7 @@ COPY --from=bullseye /* /
 COPY --from=trixie /* /
 COPY --from=sles12 /* /
 COPY --from=sles15 /* /
+COPY --from=sles16 /* /
 COPY --from=jammy /* /
 COPY --from=noble /* /
 COPY --from=plucky /* /
diff --git a/dockerfiles/compile.go b/dockerfiles/compile.go
index 092929fd2e..69b26c3255 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/compile.go
+++ b/dockerfiles/compile.go
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ RUN set -x; \
 		update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8 1 \
     		--slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-8 && \
 		update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-8` + installJava + installCMake,
-		package_build:     "RUN ./pkg/rpm/build.sh",
+		package_build:     "RUN SLE_VERSION=12 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh",
 		tar_distro_name:   "sles-12",
 		package_extension: "rpm",
 	},
@@ -194,10 +194,22 @@ RUN set -x; \
 		zypper -n install git systemd autoconf automake flex libtool libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel libyajl-devel gcc gcc-c++ zlib-devel rpm-build expect cmake systemd-devel systemd-rpm-macros unzip zip 'bison>3'
 # Allow fluent-bit to find systemd
 RUN ln -fs /usr/lib/systemd /lib/systemd` + installJava + installCMake,
-		package_build:     "RUN ./pkg/rpm/build.sh",
+		package_build:     "RUN SLE_VERSION=15 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh",
 		tar_distro_name:   "sles-15",
 		package_extension: "rpm",
 	},
+	{
+		from_image:  "opensuse/leap:16.0",
+		target_name: "sles16",
+		install_packages: `RUN set -x; zypper -n refresh && \
+		zypper -n update && \
+		zypper -n install git systemd autoconf automake flex libtool libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel libyajl-devel gcc gcc-c++ zlib-devel rpm-build expect cmake systemd-devel systemd-rpm-macros unzip zip 'bison>3'
+# Allow fluent-bit to find systemd
+RUN ln -fs /usr/lib/systemd /lib/systemd` + installJava + installCMake,
+		package_build:     "RUN SLE_VERSION=16 ./pkg/rpm/build.sh",
+		tar_distro_name:   "sles-16",
+		package_extension: "rpm",
+	},
 	{
 		from_image:  "ubuntu:jammy",
 		target_name: "jammy",
diff --git a/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl b/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
index 1041e8e918..4a5a002f78 100644
--- a/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
+++ b/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import '../common.gcl' as common
 config build = common.build {
   params {
     environment {
-      DISTRO = 'sles15'
+      DISTRO = 'sles16'
       PKGFORMAT = 'rpm'
     }
   }
diff --git a/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl b/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
index 1041e8e918..4a5a002f78 100644
--- a/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
+++ b/kokoro/config/build/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import '../common.gcl' as common
 config build = common.build {
   params {
     environment {
-      DISTRO = 'sles15'
+      DISTRO = 'sles16'
       PKGFORMAT = 'rpm'
     }
   }
diff --git a/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl b/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
index 1279b4897e..ecac3b9349 100644
--- a/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
+++ b/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'common.gcl' as common
 config build = common.ops_agent_test {
   params {
     environment {
-      TARGET = 'sles15'
+      TARGET = 'sles16'
       ARCH = 'aarch64'
     }
   }
diff --git a/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl b/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
index 0508fe0124..98b80a3b57 100644
--- a/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
+++ b/kokoro/config/test/ops_agent/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'common.gcl' as common
 config build = common.ops_agent_test {
   params {
     environment {
-      TARGET = 'sles15'
+      TARGET = 'sles16'
       ARCH = 'x86_64'
     }
   }
diff --git a/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl b/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
index 65024bfea8..7789bf4aef 100644
--- a/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
+++ b/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_aarch64.gcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'common.gcl' as common
 config build = common.third_party_apps_test {
   params {
     environment {
-      TARGET = 'sles15'
+      TARGET = 'sles16'
       ARCH = 'aarch64'
     }
   }
diff --git a/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl b/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
index 1d3afe1f56..da5ca29e1c 100644
--- a/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
+++ b/kokoro/config/test/third_party_apps/presubmit/sles15_x86_64.gcl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import 'common.gcl' as common
 config build = common.third_party_apps_test {
   params {
     environment {
-      TARGET = 'sles15'
+      TARGET = 'sles16'
       ARCH = 'x86_64'
     }
   }
diff --git a/pkg/rpm/build.sh b/pkg/rpm/build.sh
index 23b0f55270..5fe7275b26 100755
--- a/pkg/rpm/build.sh
+++ b/pkg/rpm/build.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ set -ex
 . VERSION
 
 # Build .rpms
+RPMBUILD_ARGS=()
+if [[ -n "${SLE_VERSION}" ]]; then
+  RPMBUILD_ARGS+=(--define "sle_version ${SLE_VERSION}")
+fi
 rpmbuild --define "_source_filedigest_algorithm md5" \
   --define "package_version ${PKG_VERSION//[^a-zA-Z0-9.]/.}" \
   --define "_sourcedir $(pwd)" \
   --define "_rpmdir $(pwd)" \
+  "${RPMBUILD_ARGS[@]}" \
   -ba pkg/rpm/google-cloud-ops-agent.spec
 cp $(uname -m)/google-cloud-ops-agent*.rpm /
diff --git a/project.yaml b/project.yaml
index f99389a133..cb723163da 100644
--- a/project.yaml
+++ b/project.yaml
@@ -198,6 +198,22 @@ targets:
           - suse-cloud:sles-15-sp6-arm64
           - opensuse-cloud:opensuse-leap-arm64
           - opensuse-cloud=opensuse-leap-15-6-v20250724-arm64 
+  sles16:
+    os_versions: [sles-16*, opensuse-leap-16*]
+    package_extension:
+      rpm
+    architectures:
+      x86_64:
+        test_distros:
+          representative:
+          - suse-cloud:sles-16-0-x86-64
+          exhaustive:
+          - suse-sap-cloud:sles-sap-16-0-x86-64
+      aarch64:
+        test_distros:
+          representative:
+          - suse-cloud:sles-16-0-arm64
+          exhaustive:
   windows:
     package_extension:
       goo
diff --git a/submodules/fluent-bit b/submodules/fluent-bit
index 2a1d3c5d7f..b2f90f3580 160000
--- a/submodules/fluent-bit
+++ b/submodules/fluent-bit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2a1d3c5d7f5b4de13bb5fdb3ae7800e805eac775
+Subproject commit b2f90f35803d4e95efba8dbecd18596938050ade
diff --git a/submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector b/submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector
index 71c5b409e4..6be459c822 160000
--- a/submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector
+++ b/submodules/opentelemetry-operations-collector
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 71c5b409e4bbb19ee795684003a3fe4ebe28d410
+Subproject commit 6be459c822b2994b5d06e4adb53ccc31fe992a2a
diff --git a/transformation_test/transformation_test.go b/transformation_test/transformation_test.go
index fa1c3ad025..9f41ec7ccd 100644
--- a/transformation_test/transformation_test.go
+++ b/transformation_test/transformation_test.go
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ func sanitizeFluentBitStderr(t *testing.T, input string) string {
 	result := strings.Join(regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^.*\[error\].*$`).FindAllString(input, -1), "\n")
 	// Remove timestamps
 	result = regexp.MustCompile(`\d{4}/\d{2}/\d{2}\s\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}`).ReplaceAllString(result, "YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS")
-
 	result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, "\t", "  ")
 	return result
 }