diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 9e96c378..872a1d2c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.16.1 (2019 May 27)
+====================
+
+Enhancements
+-------------
+* Set the username to lowercase internaly.
+
 1.16.0 (2019 Mar 28)
 ====================
 
diff --git a/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py b/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py
index 20f9c7ea..4b2887f7 100644
--- a/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py
+++ b/datarobot_batch_scoring/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.16.0'
+__version__ = '1.16.1'