diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 525f9061..35374701 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [v3.16.1](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-peadm/tree/v3.16.1) - 2023-11-23
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-peadm/compare/v3.16.0...v3.16.1)
+
+### Other
+
+- (PE-37192) Updating default install version to 2021.7.6 [#406](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-peadm/pull/406) ([ragingra](https://github.com/ragingra))
+- (MAINT) Update release_process.md [#405](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-peadm/pull/405) ([Jo-Lillie](https://github.com/Jo-Lillie))
+
 ## [v3.16.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-peadm/tree/v3.16.0) - 2023-11-08
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-peadm/compare/v3.15.1...v3.16.0)
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index fc04356e..f5c0eb20 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppetlabs-peadm",
-  "version": "3.16.0",
+  "version": "3.16.1",
   "author": "puppetlabs",
   "summary": "Bolt plans used to deploy an at-scale Puppet Enterprise architecture",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",