diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8b02986d..6ab7c61d 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.16.0
+current_version = 3.16.1
 tag_name = {new_version}
 commit = True
 tag = True
diff --git a/nomenklatura/__init__.py b/nomenklatura/__init__.py
index 18c1c9dc..2a703e34 100644
--- a/nomenklatura/__init__.py
+++ b/nomenklatura/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from nomenklatura.store import Store, View
 from nomenklatura.index import Index
 
-__version__ = "3.16.0"
+__version__ = "3.16.1"
 __all__ = [
     "Dataset",
     "CompositeEntity",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fca08969..469115f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "nomenklatura"
-version = "3.16.0"
+version = "3.16.1"
 description = "Make record linkages in followthemoney data."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }