diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2773b30b..a900b307 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## master / unreleased
+## 1.16.1
 * [CHANGE] Upgrade memcached to 1.6.23-alpine and memcached-exporter to v0.14.2
-* [CHANGE] Use cortex v1.16.0
+* [CHANGE] Use cortex v1.16.1
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Enable frontend query stats by default
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Enable ruler query stats by default
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Configure `-blocks-storage.bucket-store.ignore-blocks-within` in queriers, rulers and store-gateways
diff --git a/cortex/images.libsonnet b/cortex/images.libsonnet
index b87f9653..54659454 100644
--- a/cortex/images.libsonnet
+++ b/cortex/images.libsonnet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     memcachedExporter: 'prom/memcached-exporter:v0.14.2',
 
     // Our services.
-    cortex: 'cortexproject/cortex:v1.16.0',
+    cortex: 'cortexproject/cortex:v1.16.1',
 
     alertmanager: self.cortex,
     distributor: self.cortex,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     query_scheduler: self.cortex,
 
     overrides_exporter: self.cortex,
-    query_tee: 'quay.io/cortexproject/query-tee:v1.16.0',
-    testExporter: 'cortexproject/test-exporter:v1.16.0',
+    query_tee: 'quay.io/cortexproject/query-tee:v1.16.1',
+    testExporter: 'cortexproject/test-exporter:v1.16.1',
   },
 }