diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 1c080bcdf..102151717 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packages/access-client": "16.2.0",
+  "packages/access-client": "16.2.1",
   "packages/filecoin-api": "2.0.2",
   "packages/filecoin-client": "2.0.0",
   "packages/capabilities": "11.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
index 841e35237..747365d77 100644
--- a/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/access-client/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [16.2.1](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/compare/access-v16.2.0...access-v16.2.1) (2023-10-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix arethetypesworking errors in all packages ([#1004](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/issues/1004)) ([2e2936a](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/commit/2e2936a3831389dd13be5be5146a04e2b15553c5))
+
 ## [16.2.0](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/compare/access-v16.1.0...access-v16.2.0) (2023-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/access-client/package.json b/packages/access-client/package.json
index 7f277cf08..0dfec8170 100644
--- a/packages/access-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/access-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web3-storage/access",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.2.1",
   "description": "w3access client",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/web3-storage/w3-protocol/tree/main/packages/access-client",
   "repository": {