diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fea4fe7..44673f37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+0.16.1 (2018-03-16)
+===================
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+* Include the LICENSE in the distributed gem again (accidentally removed in 0.16.0). (thanks @tas50)
+
 0.16.0 (2018-03-15)
-==========
+===================
 
 ## Enhancements
 
diff --git a/lib/simplecov/version.rb b/lib/simplecov/version.rb
index b4b8ed29..8475e649 100644
--- a/lib/simplecov/version.rb
+++ b/lib/simplecov/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module SimpleCov
-  VERSION = "0.16.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "0.16.1".freeze
 end