diff --git a/docs/about/release-notes.md b/docs/about/release-notes.md
index e5c3172d..ea3550fc 100644
--- a/docs/about/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/about/release-notes.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ The current and past members of the MkDocs team.
 * [@d0ugal](https://github.com/d0ugal/)
 * [@waylan](https://github.com/waylan/)
 
+## Version 0.16.1 (2016-12-22)
+
+* Ensure scrollspy behavior does not affect nav bar (#1094)
+* Only "load" a theme when it is explicitly requested by the user (#1105)
+
 ## Version 0.16 (2016-11-04)
 
 ### Major Additions to Version 0.16.0
diff --git a/mkdocs/__init__.py b/mkdocs/__init__.py
index 49ce2209..987976c7 100644
--- a/mkdocs/__init__.py
+++ b/mkdocs/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     sys.stderr.write(("WARNING: Support for Python 2.6 will be dropped in the "
                       "1.0.0 release of MkDocs\n\n"))
 
-__version__ = '0.16.0'
+__version__ = '0.16.1'