diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1325bfc..a12fdab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/libnvme-1.13.tar.gz
+SOURCES/libnvme-1.16.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.libnvme.metadata b/.libnvme.metadata
index 2342f0a..658411c 100644
--- a/.libnvme.metadata
+++ b/.libnvme.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-74b218672872a2ac194af2c34c06e66b1001b5f6 SOURCES/libnvme-1.13.tar.gz
+f900568699e4653686fc66666d3c00243df358ff SOURCES/libnvme-1.16.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-tree-cleanup-paths-when-freeing-namespace.patch b/SOURCES/0001-tree-cleanup-paths-when-freeing-namespace.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f875443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/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/SPECS/libnvme.spec b/SPECS/libnvme.spec
index a086365..0570635 100644
--- a/SPECS/libnvme.spec
+++ b/SPECS/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
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}/usr/*.rst %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/
 %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
@@ -93,6 +94,15 @@ mv %{buildroot}/usr/*.rst %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/
 %{python3_sitearch}/libnvme/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 11 2026 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-3
+- Fix linked list corruption RHEL-146273
+
+* Fri Nov 21 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-2
+- Respin for RHEL-114102
+
+* Thu Nov 20 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.16.1-1
+- Rebase to version 1.16.1 (RHEL-114102)
+
 * Tue Apr 29 2025 Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com> - 1.13-1
 - Update to version 1.13 (RHEL-88847)