diff --git a/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata b/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
index e0c5a9d..cff8640 100644
--- a/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
+++ b/.fuse-overlayfs.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7a54de4df52f8b6d05237e75adbbd259ec1987e5 SOURCES/v1.15.tar.gz
+955282413e36878cb74524a5f0eb842cac71de50 SOURCES/v1.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 531b31e..6e18342 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/v1.15.tar.gz
+SOURCES/v1.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec b/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
index 80c292e..ef3962c 100644
--- a/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
+++ b/SPECS/fuse-overlayfs.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %{!?_modulesloaddir:%global _modulesloaddir %{_usr}/lib/modules-load.d}
 
 Name: fuse-overlayfs
-Version: 1.15
+Version: 1.16
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: FUSE overlay+shiftfs implementation for rootless containers
 License: GPLv3+
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ modprobe fuse > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_modulesloaddir}/fuse-overlayfs.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 14 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.16-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.16
+- fixes "Update fuse-overlayfs to 1.16 [rhel-9.7.z]"
+- Resolves: RHEL-128520
+
 * Fri May 09 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 1.15-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases/tag/v1.15
 - Related: RHEL-80816