diff --git a/VERSION.cmake b/VERSION.cmake
index b504186ffb..7bf09aeff4 100644
--- a/VERSION.cmake
+++ b/VERSION.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set( MIRALL_VERSION_MAJOR 3 )
 set( MIRALL_VERSION_MINOR 16 )
-set( MIRALL_VERSION_PATCH 0 )
+set( MIRALL_VERSION_PATCH 1 )
 set( MIRALL_VERSION_YEAR  2025 )
 set( MIRALL_SOVERSION 0 )
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ set( MIRALL_VERSION_FULL "${MIRALL_VERSION_FULL}.${MIRALL_VERSION_BUILD}" )
 
 set( MIRALL_VERSION_STRING "${MIRALL_VERSION}${MIRALL_VERSION_SUFFIX}" )
 if(MIRALL_VERSION_PATCH VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "50")
-    set (MIRALL_HUMAN_VERSION_STRING "3.16.0")
+    set (MIRALL_HUMAN_VERSION_STRING "3.16.1")
 else()
     set (MIRALL_HUMAN_VERSION_STRING ${MIRALL_VERSION_STRING})
 endif()