diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 0d09f24d3..4a793833f 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.16.0
+current_version = 0.16.1
 
 [bumpversion:file:setup.py]
 search = version="{current_version}"
diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 9038fb820..cc917fa92 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cellxgene",
-  "version": "0.16.0",
+  "version": "0.16.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index b49053d00..0f5d34546 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cellxgene",
-  "version": "0.16.0",
+  "version": "0.16.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "cellxgene is a web application for the interactive exploration of single cell sequence data.",
   "repository": "https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene",
diff --git a/server/__init__.py b/server/__init__.py
index 94238d9aa..ef491100f 100644
--- a/server/__init__.py
+++ b/server/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from server.common.utils.utils import import_plugins
 
-__version__ = "0.16.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.1"
 display_version = "cellxgene v" + __version__
 
 try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 56a2bd28f..09c581f97 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cellxgene",
-    version="0.16.0",
+    version="0.16.1",
     packages=find_packages(),
     url="https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene",
     license="MIT",