diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec8912f..204f2ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 3.16.1
+  - Version bump to pick up doc fix in [#172](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-elasticsearch/pull/172)
+
 ## 3.16.0
   - Added request header `Elastic-Api-Version` for serverless [#174](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-filter-elasticsearch/pull/174)
 
diff --git a/logstash-filter-elasticsearch.gemspec b/logstash-filter-elasticsearch.gemspec
index 6ff2a25..161c323 100644
--- a/logstash-filter-elasticsearch.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-filter-elasticsearch.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-filter-elasticsearch'
-  s.version         = '3.16.0'
+  s.version         = '3.16.1'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "Copies fields from previous log events in Elasticsearch to current events "
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"