diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 2767c6b3d..b1b19c5b1 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.16.0
+current_version = 2.16.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/pychunkedgraph/__init__.py b/pychunkedgraph/__init__.py
index 8f4a35170..dc9511ccb 100644
--- a/pychunkedgraph/__init__.py
+++ b/pychunkedgraph/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.16.0"
+__version__ = "2.16.1"