diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff4f1ba..ba1369f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@
 /ansible-documentation-2.16.0rc1.tar.gz
 /ansible-core-2.16.0.tar.gz
 /ansible-documentation-2.16.0.tar.gz
+/ansible-core-2.16.1.tar.gz
+/ansible-documentation-2.16.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/ansible-core.spec b/ansible-core.spec
index 8cc67ad..7a93421 100644
--- a/ansible-core.spec
+++ b/ansible-core.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 Name: ansible-core
 Summary: A radically simple IT automation system
-Version: 2.16.0
+Version: 2.16.1
 %global uversion %{version_no_tilde %{quote:%nil}}
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 # The main license is GPLv3+. Many of the files in lib/ansible/module_utils
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ install -Dpm 0644 licenses/* -t %{buildroot}%{_pkglicensedir}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 06 2023 Maxwell G <maxwell@gtmx.me> - 2.16.1-1
+- Update to 2.16.1. Fixes rhbz#2252860.
+
 * Fri Nov 10 2023 Maxwell G <maxwell@gtmx.me> - 2.16.0-1
 - Update to 2.16.0. Fixes rhbz#2248187.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c9af961..f733728 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (ansible-core-2.16.0.tar.gz) = 4785b32c5f1816cf3358c02e001a7d1d9d2736da4b1bf3019d2e50c72ad98705b7ff75dd40c851d4f316e5788fe9c3fd17e89f473140c609ecd970a0f473ae85
-SHA512 (ansible-documentation-2.16.0.tar.gz) = a639526b817c359c2e346a49ef6befc7589c772195735b6213d4f7b241517704aa40e6c38e0e33c17ce3ce54bc22856f4fe7a61b65200472a181d2c3a4886ec0
+SHA512 (ansible-core-2.16.1.tar.gz) = 6c282b095c05305e8c531b5c1abd2e5e25e54d2eaaab3df101d0e51b6370eea23a26a7ea89e2f862e5ccd18ed48621ba5a81e428cd492816403a71e9e8404e57
+SHA512 (ansible-documentation-2.16.1.tar.gz) = 0b7bba7322beb73f74a582b2fec974b1c0a08e549415def191a9f6ec3068c2c459cf072ce5b40479ee68b706ef1a494026df5af329e233b92dc15e29e673bfc7