diff --git a/.bootc.metadata b/.bootc.metadata
index 7f7fbd6..77a34b5 100644
--- a/.bootc.metadata
+++ b/.bootc.metadata
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-41a56ab6bb51f99445735cf567ace0e9297fe8bc SOURCES/bootc-1.13.0-vendor.tar.zstd
-46a80d31f9b5e715e75a5ff7d09a5663d48b0ab0 SOURCES/bootc-1.13.0.tar.zstd
+e0977bade22781bd0143870677dd549616715382 SOURCES/bootc-1.16.7-vendor.tar.zstd
+26e320f7fb812acac63789cc41d50cef73e7144b SOURCES/bootc-1.16.7.tar.zstd
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fb968e..158178a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SOURCES/bootc-1.13.0-vendor.tar.zstd
-SOURCES/bootc-1.13.0.tar.zstd
+SOURCES/bootc-1.16.7-vendor.tar.zstd
+SOURCES/bootc-1.16.7.tar.zstd
diff --git a/SPECS/bootc.spec b/SPECS/bootc.spec
index eca703a..0579872 100644
--- a/SPECS/bootc.spec
+++ b/SPECS/bootc.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           bootc
-Version:        1.13.0
+# Ensure this local build overrides anything else.
+Version:        1.16.7
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Bootable container system
 
@@ -111,8 +112,13 @@ cat vendor-config.toml >> .cargo/config.toml
 rm vendor-config.toml
 %else
 # Container build: source already at _builddir (/src), nothing to extract
-# RPM's %mkbuilddir creates a subdirectory; symlink it back to the source
+# RPM's %mkbuilddir creates a subdirectory; symlink it back to the source.
+# F45+ RPM also creates rpmbuild.env in the subdir that %build will source,
+# so preserve it before replacing the directory with a symlink.
 cd ..
+if [ -f %{name}-%{version}-build/rpmbuild.env ]; then
+    mv %{name}-%{version}-build/rpmbuild.env .
+fi
 rm -rf %{name}-%{version}-build
 ln -s . %{name}-%{version}-build
 cd %{name}-%{version}-build
@@ -213,6 +219,30 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Aug 04 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 1.16.7-1
+- New upstream release
+
+* Tue Jul 28 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 1.16.6-1
+- New upstream release
+
+* Mon Jul 27 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 1.16.5-1
+- New upstream release
+
+* Wed Jun 24 2026 Joseph Marrero <jmarrero@fedoraproject.org> - 1.16.2-1
+- Update to 1.16.2
+- https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/releases/tag/v1.16.2
+- Resolves: #RHEL-156438
+
+* Fri May 01 2026 Joseph Marrero <jmarrero@fedoraproject.org> - 1.15.2-1
+- Update to 1.15.2
+- https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/releases/tag/v1.15.2
+- Resolves: #RHEL-172417
+
+* Tue Apr 14 2026 Joseph Marrero <jmarrero@fedoraproject.org> - 1.15.1-1
+- Update to 1.15.1
+- https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/releases/tag/v1.15.1
+- Resolves: #RHEL-168117
+
 * Mon Feb 24 2026 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> - 1.13.0-1
 - Update to 1.13.0
 - https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/releases/tag/v1.13.0