diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ad521dfa1d..298b88e0aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ checksum = "6a1abaf4d861455be59f64fd2b55606cb151fce304ede7165f410243ce96bde6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dfx"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1-beta.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix",
  "aes-gcm",
diff --git a/public/manifest.json b/public/manifest.json
index 35be6421ad..ed4894b8c0 100644
--- a/public/manifest.json
+++ b/public/manifest.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
         "0.15.1",
         "0.15.2",
         "0.15.3",
-        "0.16.0"
+        "0.16.0",
+        "0.16.1-beta.0"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
index 81c3da4c9a..f27c8ea701 100644
--- a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dfx"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1-beta.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true