diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7fe05c..429c42d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-libnvme-1.13.tar.gz
+libnvme-1.16.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-tree-cleanup-paths-when-freeing-namespace.patch b/0001-tree-cleanup-paths-when-freeing-namespace.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f875443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-tree-cleanup-paths-when-freeing-namespace.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff --git a/src/nvme/tree.c b/src/nvme/tree.c
+index bc83648..98822d0 100644
+--- a/src/nvme/tree.c
++++ b/src/nvme/tree.c
+@@ -632,11 +632,18 @@ nvme_path_t nvme_namespace_next_path(nvme_ns_t ns, nvme_path_t p)
+ 
+ static void __nvme_free_ns(struct nvme_ns *n)
+ {
++	struct nvme_path *p, *_p;
++
+ 	list_del_init(&n->entry);
+ 	nvme_ns_release_fd(n);
+ 	free(n->generic_name);
+ 	free(n->name);
+ 	free(n->sysfs_dir);
++	nvme_namespace_for_each_path_safe(n, p, _p) {
++		list_del_init(&p->nentry);
++		p->n = NULL;
++	}
++	list_head_init(&n->head->paths);
+ 	free(n->head->sysfs_dir);
+ 	free(n->head);
+ 	free(n);
+@@ -3033,16 +3040,8 @@ static int nvme_subsystem_scan_namespace(nvme_root_t r, nvme_subsystem_t s,
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 	nvme_subsystem_for_each_ns_safe(s, _n, __n) {
+-		struct nvme_path *p, *_p;
+-
+ 		if (strcmp(n->name, _n->name))
+ 			continue;
+-		/* Detach paths */
+-		nvme_namespace_for_each_path_safe(_n, p, _p) {
+-			list_del_init(&p->nentry);
+-			p->n = NULL;
+-		}
+-		list_head_init(&_n->head->paths);
+ 		__nvme_free_ns(_n);
+ 	}
+ 	n->s = s;
diff --git a/libnvme.spec b/libnvme.spec
index 367d621..97a511b 100644
--- a/libnvme.spec
+++ b/libnvme.spec
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 
 Name:    libnvme
 Summary: Linux-native nvme device management library
-Version: 1.13
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Version: 1.16.1
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL:     https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme
 Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version_no_tilde}/%{name}-%{version_no_tilde}.tar.gz
+Patch0:  0001-tree-cleanup-paths-when-freeing-namespace.patch
 
 BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: swig
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ rm -r %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/html/{.buildinfo,.doctrees/}
 %files
 %license COPYING ccan/licenses/*
 %{_libdir}/libnvme.so.1
-%{_libdir}/libnvme.so.1.13.0
+%{_libdir}/libnvme.so.1.16.1
 %{_libdir}/libnvme-mi.so.1
-%{_libdir}/libnvme-mi.so.1.13.0
+%{_libdir}/libnvme-mi.so.1.16.1
 
 %files devel
 %{_libdir}/libnvme.so
@@ -98,6 +99,24 @@ rm -r %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/html/{.buildinfo,.doctrees/}
 %{python3_sitearch}/libnvme/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 27 2026 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-3
+- Fix linked list corruption (RHEL-156539)
+
+* Wed Nov 19 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-2
+- Fix gating tests for RHEL-127740
+
+* Wed Nov 12 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-1
+- Rebase to version 1.16.1 (RHEL-127740)
+
+* Fri Sep 26 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.15-3
+- Add a fix for a NULL pointer dereference regression
+
+* Mon Sep 08 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.15-2
+- bump version because the side-tag didn't propagate
+
+* Thu Sep 04 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.15-1
+- Update to version 1.15 (RHEL-113070)
+
 * Mon May 12 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.13-1
 - Update to version 1.13 (RHEL-90418)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index cee46dc..c239484 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libnvme-1.13.tar.gz) = 7c56cb4a531c77e7024126c3dde4ffe629944be93a3102b09bc7a16031bdd64dac5cb19834c586609c5e3c186f805532d739f960abc4ba22114f36c6bc710264
+SHA512 (libnvme-1.16.1.tar.gz) = 92113cd62af53366fb63f2f385c2059dede171fef4d9a240fa941382e338d2941e90aeb40ae2d202311d7b531e41181839f45f8ab4da1b3a79ce4b597fcd4993