diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 46c87ff8..284aa3a0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.ShadowPlugin
 buildscript {
     ext {
         opensearch_group = "org.opensearch"
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.16.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.16.1-SNAPSHOT")
         buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')