diff --git a/commands/new.go b/commands/new.go
index 42644d7f6f1..0acff012d1b 100644
--- a/commands/new.go
+++ b/commands/new.go
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ description = ""
 homepage = "http://example.com/"
 tags = []
 features = []
-min_version = "0.116.0"
+min_version = "0.116.1"
 
 [author]
   name = ""
diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 762734fcd1e..213b8d9a0e3 100644
--- a/common/hugo/version_current.go
+++ b/common/hugo/version_current.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ package hugo
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentVersion = Version{
 	Major:      0,
-	Minor:      117,
-	PatchLevel: 0,
-	Suffix:     "-DEV",
+	Minor:      116,
+	PatchLevel: 1,
+	Suffix:     "",
 }