diff --git a/java/CHANGELOG b/java/CHANGELOG
index cedc87ac9d212..54c2a19b355fd 100644
--- a/java/CHANGELOG
+++ b/java/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v4.16.1
+======
+
+* Re-release due to broken packages
+
 v4.16.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/java/version.bzl b/java/version.bzl
index aa18ce770a6f6..9604e5598e258 100644
--- a/java/version.bzl
+++ b/java/version.bzl
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SE_VERSION = "4.17.0-SNAPSHOT"
+SE_VERSION = "4.16.1"
 TOOLS_JAVA_VERSION = "17"