diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fbc62e..3d291a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/propeller-heads/tycho-execution/compare/0.15.0...0.16.0) (2025-01-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add balance v2 encoder test ([9cecea8](https://github.com/propeller-heads/tycho-execution/commit/9cecea896833b27ec855f1ea4d981dde64f869ac))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* async ([7c198ff](https://github.com/propeller-heads/tycho-execution/commit/7c198fff92bb6bb8858912008d0bb40364d8bcd6))
+
 ## [0.15.0](https://github.com/propeller-heads/tycho-execution/compare/0.14.0...0.15.0) (2025-01-24)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 512032d..67969c5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4163,7 +4163,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tycho-execution"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "alloy-primitives",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df4e214..ba4c9f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tycho-execution"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/src/encoding/evm/swap_encoder/encoders.rs b/src/encoding/evm/swap_encoder/encoders.rs
index 5fb7cea..3b6ff9a 100644
--- a/src/encoding/evm/swap_encoder/encoders.rs
+++ b/src/encoding/evm/swap_encoder/encoders.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ impl SwapEncoder for BalancerV2SwapEncoder {
             encoding_context.exact_out,
             approval_needed,
         );
-        Ok(args.abi_encode())
+        Ok(args.abi_encode_packed())
     }
 
     fn executor_address(&self) -> &str {
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
 
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_encode_uniswap_v2() {
+    #[test]
+    fn test_encode_uniswap_v2() {
         let usv2_pool = ProtocolComponent {
             id: String::from("0x88e6A0c2dDD26FEEb64F039a2c41296FcB3f5640"),
             ..Default::default()
@@ -159,4 +159,47 @@ mod tests {
             ))
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_encode_balancer_v2() {
+        let balancer_pool = ProtocolComponent {
+            id: String::from("0x88e6A0c2dDD26FEEb64F039a2c41296FcB3f5640"),
+            protocol_system: String::from("vm:balancer_v2"),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let swap = Swap {
+            component: balancer_pool,
+            token_in: Bytes::from("0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2"), // WETH
+            token_out: Bytes::from("0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f"), // DAI
+            split: 0f64,
+        };
+        let encoding_context = EncodingContext {
+            receiver: Bytes::from("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+            exact_out: false,
+            router_address: Bytes::zero(20),
+        };
+        let encoder = BalancerV2SwapEncoder::new(String::from("0x"));
+        let encoded_swap = encoder
+            .encode_swap(swap, encoding_context)
+            .unwrap();
+        let hex_swap = encode(&encoded_swap);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            hex_swap,
+            String::from(concat!(
+                // token in
+                "c02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2",
+                // token out
+                "6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f",
+                // pool id 
+                "307838386536413063326444443236464545623634463033396132633431323936466342336635363430",
+                // receiver
+                "0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+                // exact out
+                "00",
+                // approval needed
+                "01"
+            ))
+        );
+    }
 }