diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7b83435c..198b40659 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+## 1.16.1 (2024-12-03)
+
 ### Changes
 
 - Bump the injected `cider-nrepl` to [0.50.3](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider-nrepl/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#0503-2024-12-02).
diff --git a/cider.el b/cider.el
index b34a0469a..04004a410 100644
--- a/cider.el
+++ b/cider.el
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ;;         Steve Purcell <steve@sanityinc.com>
 ;; Maintainer: Bozhidar Batsov <bozhidar@batsov.dev>
 ;; URL: https://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider
-;; Version: 1.16.0
+;; Version: 1.16.1
 ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "26") (clojure-mode "5.19") (parseedn "1.2.1") (queue "0.2") (spinner "1.7") (seq "2.22") (sesman "0.3.2") (transient "0.4.1"))
 ;; Keywords: languages, clojure, cider
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 (require 'sesman)
 (require 'package)
 
-(defconst cider-version "1.16.0"
+(defconst cider-version "1.16.1"
   "The current version of CIDER.")
 
 (defconst cider-codename "Kherson"