diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ instructions, because git commits are used to generate release notes:
 
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+<a id='changelog-16.1.6'></a>
+## v16.1.6 (2023-11-16)
+
+- [Feature] Upgrade to open-release/palm.4. It is strongly recommended to upgrade to this release for as long as possible before upgrading to Quince. Otherwise, many users will be logged out after the Quince upgrade and will have to log in again -- see the Quince release notes. (by @regisb)
+- [Improvement] Install tutor development tools with `pip install tutor[dev]`. (by @CodeWithEmad)
+
 <a id='changelog-16.1.5'></a>
 ## v16.1.5 (2023-10-30)
 
diff --git a/changelog.d/20231106_202213_codewithemad.md b/changelog.d/20231106_202213_codewithemad.md
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-- [Improvement] Install tutor development tools with `pip install tutor[dev]`. (by @CodeWithEmad)
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diff --git a/changelog.d/20231116_185835_regis_palm_4.md b/changelog.d/20231116_185835_regis_palm_4.md
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- [Feature] Upgrade to open-release/palm.4. It is strongly recommended to upgrade to this release for as long as possible before upgrading to Quince. Otherwise, many users will be logged out after the Quince upgrade and will have to log in again -- see the Quince release notes. (by @regisb)
diff --git a/tutor/__about__.py b/tutor/__about__.py
index 300e83960e..c70f7403c2 100644
--- a/tutor/__about__.py
+++ b/tutor/__about__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Increment this version number to trigger a new release. See
 # docs/tutor.html#versioning for information on the versioning scheme.
-__version__ = "16.1.5"
+__version__ = "16.1.6"
 
 # The version suffix will be appended to the actual version, separated by a
 # dash. Use this suffix to differentiate between the actual released version and