diff --git a/kapitan/version.py b/kapitan/version.py
index edd0b9831..8bdf30a59 100644
--- a/kapitan/version.py
+++ b/kapitan/version.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 "Project description variables"
 
 PROJECT_NAME = 'kapitan'
-VERSION = '0.16.0'
+VERSION = '0.16.1'
 DESCRIPTION = ('Generic templated configuration management for Kubernetes,'
                'Terraform and other things')
 AUTHOR = 'Ricardo Amaro'