diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7901da3d..0a598c0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [1.16.1] - 2024-01-10
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Clean obsolete "use" statements
+
+### Features
+
+- Remove hw components from a target hsm groups and node scores calculated based on scarcity across target and parent hsm groups
+- Apply and remove working with simple examples, not fully tested but in good condition
+- Add new hw components to a cluster
+
+### Refactor
+
+- Clean code
+- Update README
+- Refactor code
+
 ## [1.16.0] - 2024-01-04
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -13,6 +31,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Start migrating hw components features from clstr crate
 - Get hw cluster now accepts a new 'pattern' output
 
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Release manta version 1.16.0
+
 ### Refactor
 
 - : add clippy suggestions
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56e29af4..d6a1c83e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Manuel Sopena Ballesteros <msopena@cscs.ch>"]
 name = "manta"
 description = "Another CLI for basic/simple Shasta operations"
-version = "1.16.0"
+version = "1.16.1"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 documentation = "https://github.com/eth-cscs/manta/blob/main/README.md"
 homepage = "https://github.com/eth-cscs/manta/blob/main/README.md"