diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9ec5e5f30..11e67ac65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Change Log
 
 8.16.1
 ======
-* Updated (added) version (43.0.1) for cryptography for (AWS reported) vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-50782, CVE-2024-0727, etc)
+* dmichaels / 2024-10-11
+* Updated (added) version (43.0.1) for cryptography library for vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-50782, CVE-2024-0727, et.al.).
   Updated pyopenssl version (24.2.1) related to above.
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 442bdb149..a4ec8dfcb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.16.0.1b1"  # TODO: To become 8.16.1
+version = "8.16.1"
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"