diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9cc8e7cb..e6fa830c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.16.1 (2024-01-23)
+
+### Fix
+
+- coroutine anext introduced for python versions lower than 3.10 (#161)
+
 ## 0.16.0 (2024-01-11)
 
 ### BREAKING CHANGE
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ff331f1..62d82cc9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kstreams"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 description = "Build simple kafka streams applications"
 authors = ["Marcos Schroh <marcos.schroh@kpn.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ exclude = '''
 '''
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 tag_format = "$version"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:version",