diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9e2236..69d76e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## [v1.16.1](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.16.1) - 2024-09-27
+
+### Fix
+
+* Allow usage of opencv 4.6.x ([#110](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/110)) ([`34bd887`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/34bd887a7f9c11b2b051bdb4707dfdc5f43e6ad5))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Document chunking ([#111](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/111)) ([`c05b692`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/c05b692d69b6dae1ac5f518e84b17f32e7d94372))
+
 ## [v1.16.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.16.0) - 2024-09-27
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2f6dc7d..dad9fec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "1.16.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "1.16.1"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "Docling PDF conversion package"
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"