diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90975e3186..f1d793f3dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# 0.16.1
+
 # 0.16.0
 
 - Select pinned Clang explicitly in the release build/test job and Clang/libc++ 23 in Linux registry
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index f557a42f2c..2093aecaa9 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 module(
     name = "mboworks_mbo",
-    version = "0.16.0",
+    version = "0.16.1",
     bazel_compatibility = [">=9.2.0"],
 )