diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index 8b9578514..ddde6bb5f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const environment = {
   apiBaseUrl: document.baseURI + 'api/',
   apiVersion: '3',
   appTitle: 'Paperless-ngx',
-  version: '1.16.0-dev',
+  version: '1.16.1',
   webSocketHost: window.location.host,
   webSocketProtocol: window.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:',
   webSocketBaseUrl: base_url.pathname + 'ws/',
diff --git a/src/paperless/version.py b/src/paperless/version.py
index c60f2d7c9..5f6a3b820 100644
--- a/src/paperless/version.py
+++ b/src/paperless/version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Final
 from typing import Tuple
 
-__version__: Final[Tuple[int, int, int]] = (1, 16, 0)
+__version__: Final[Tuple[int, int, int]] = (1, 16, 1)
 # Version string like X.Y.Z
 __full_version_str__: Final[str] = ".".join(map(str, __version__))
 # Version string like X.Y