diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Upcoming version
 
+## \[v0.16.1\]
+
 ### Added
 
 - \[[#304](https://github.com/rust-vmm/vm-memory/pull/304)\] Implement ReadVolatile and WriteVolatile for TcpStream
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d20f5c1c..9d07c27e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vm-memory"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 description = "Safe abstractions for accessing the VM physical memory"
 keywords = ["memory"]
 categories = ["memory-management"]