diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bf35da0..4253fd03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.16.1 - 2021-12-16
+
+✨ NEW: Add `myst_linkify_fuzzy_links` option.
+When using the [`linkify` extension](docs/syntax/optional.md#linkify), this option can be used to disable matching of links that do not contain a schema (such as `http://`).
+
 ## 0.16.0 - 2021-12-06
 
 This release contains a number of exciting improvements:
diff --git a/myst_parser/__init__.py b/myst_parser/__init__.py
index 6574e349..ae43a54e 100644
--- a/myst_parser/__init__.py
+++ b/myst_parser/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-__version__ = "0.16.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.1"
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING: