diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 794840f3d3..37ca2ce4b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ Change Log
 
 Unreleased
 ~~~~~~~~~~
+
+[4.16.1]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Updated django-simple-history package to 3.3.0 
+* Created no-op migrations needed for new django-simple-history package version
+
 [4.16.0] - 2023-06-22
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Support added for Django 4.2
diff --git a/edx_proctoring/__init__.py b/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
index c211ad4e5a..bfe47ee124 100644
--- a/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_proctoring/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 """
 
 # Be sure to update the version number in edx_proctoring/package.json
-__version__ = '4.16.0'
+__version__ = '4.16.1'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8c0703520..96b9834b42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@edx/edx-proctoring",
   "//": "Note that the version format is slightly different than that of the Python version when using prereleases.",
-  "version": "4.16.0",
+  "version": "4.16.1",
   "main": "edx_proctoring/static/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "gulp test"