diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a63e2d6b9..b97adcdac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.5.16
+
+### Fixes
+
+* **Fixed Zendesk connector registering method**
+
 ## 0.5.15
 
 ### Fixes 
diff --git a/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py b/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py
index f96a27275..c0c434f67 100644
--- a/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_ingest/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.5.15"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.5.16"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/__init__.py b/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/__init__.py
index bdb6e1baf..f55c727ab 100644
--- a/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/__init__.py
+++ b/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/__init__.py
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@
 from .slack import slack_source_entry
 from .vectara import CONNECTOR_TYPE as VECTARA_CONNECTOR_TYPE
 from .vectara import vectara_destination_entry
-from .zendesk.zendesk import CONNECTOR_TYPE as ZENDESK_CONNECTOR_TYPE
-from .zendesk.zendesk import zendesk_source_entry
 
 add_source_entry(source_type=ASTRA_DB_CONNECTOR_TYPE, entry=astra_db_source_entry)
 add_destination_entry(destination_type=ASTRA_DB_CONNECTOR_TYPE, entry=astra_db_destination_entry)
@@ -121,4 +119,3 @@
 add_destination_entry(destination_type=REDIS_CONNECTOR_TYPE, entry=redis_destination_entry)
 
 add_source_entry(source_type=JIRA_CONNECTOR_TYPE, entry=jira_source_entry)
-add_source_entry(source_type=ZENDESK_CONNECTOR_TYPE, entry=zendesk_source_entry)
diff --git a/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/zendesk/__init__.py b/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/zendesk/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..d4d7be17e 100644
--- a/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/zendesk/__init__.py
+++ b/unstructured_ingest/v2/processes/connectors/zendesk/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unstructured_ingest.v2.processes.connector_registry import (
+    add_source_entry,
+)
+
+from .zendesk import CONNECTOR_TYPE as ZENDESK_CONNECTOR_TYPE
+from .zendesk import zendesk_source_entry
+
+add_source_entry(source_type=ZENDESK_CONNECTOR_TYPE, entry=zendesk_source_entry)