diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 725421a6..ca8dfa09 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.2.0"
+  ".": "16.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b0b002e..ab639ba0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [16.2.1](https://github.com/npm/npm-registry-fetch/compare/v16.2.0...v16.2.1) (2024-04-12)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* [`7a18f69`](https://github.com/npm/npm-registry-fetch/commit/7a18f69e303a680b991fa225fbe3800c9222fd8c) [#232](https://github.com/npm/npm-registry-fetch/pull/232) `proc-log@4.0.0` (#232)
+
 ## [16.2.0](https://github.com/npm/npm-registry-fetch/compare/v16.1.0...v16.2.0) (2024-04-03)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89a79d36..4e450868 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm-registry-fetch",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.2.1",
   "description": "Fetch-based http client for use with npm registry APIs",
   "main": "lib",
   "files": [