diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ea05f6..d7a28bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /greenboot-rs-0.16.1-vendor-patched.tar.xz
 /greenboot-rs-0.16.1.tar.gz
+/greenboot-rs-0.16.2.tar.gz
+/greenboot-rs-0.16.2-vendor-patched.tar.xz
diff --git a/greenboot-rs.spec b/greenboot-rs.spec
index 444bf71..74d94c5 100644
--- a/greenboot-rs.spec
+++ b/greenboot-rs.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %bcond bundled_rust_deps %{defined rhel}
 
 Name:		greenboot-rs
-Version:	0.16.1
+Version:	0.16.2
 Release:	0%{?dist}
 Summary:	Generic Health Check Framework for systemd
 # Aggregated license of statically linked dependencies as per %%cargo_license_summary
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Summary:	%{summary}
 %{?systemd_requires}
 Requires:	systemd >= 240
 Requires:	rpm-ostree
-Requires:	bootupd
 Requires:	pam >= 1.4.0
 Recommends:	openssh
 
@@ -147,6 +146,12 @@ install -DpZm 0644 usr/lib/systemd/system/greenboot-healthcheck.service.d/10-net
 %{_unitdir}/greenboot-healthcheck.service.d/10-network-online.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 21 2026 Sayan Paul <saypaul@redhat.com> - 0.16.2
+- restrict manual restart of healthcheck service
+- fixed error while running healtcheck inside container
+- removed bootupd dependency
+- fixed CI tests
+
 * Wed Dec 03 2025 Sayan Paul <saypaul@redhat.com> - 0.16.1
 - Ensure rollback trigger runs before systemd-update-done and only on updates
 - Log the correct system type when reporting rollback decisions
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 95aa85f..5853434 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (greenboot-rs-0.16.1-vendor-patched.tar.xz) = e6ddd814528241dd40d7d2d71969e2892b495436dbc0d997f22597bb075b6a695fa1b6ee7c1bed04ce70b102c172b34203353f6a8921391decff451d936292db
-SHA512 (greenboot-rs-0.16.1.tar.gz) = 014e64a86fed83649e180d4b6c5702a688e6901e6bc3d5e1a5923ee0371b44bbbbb21588e57ea6a83cd032226de91611303e2db6994e55ceee472078bbdd24cc
+SHA512 (greenboot-rs-0.16.2.tar.gz) = d29158012974a932af107b921818d56e59929ecd461fc4813d68722d07b6993cc8f83a54d9c8409ce01fc56cd60b7954dd6ebfd7455bf758d2ed26fda7c8b52c
+SHA512 (greenboot-rs-0.16.2-vendor-patched.tar.xz) = ca8c0539df19a04241826917397dca420ad32e1476cf2385a000d18d9a7ac57f8f29b9806d7208d06953991752325ca978bbf0f5648879ba2553b634b3c74451