diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 756dbab88..6042455d4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.8-A0
+1.16.8-A1
diff --git a/typespec/routes.tsp b/typespec/routes.tsp
index ec9850003..38077cc96 100644
--- a/typespec/routes.tsp
+++ b/typespec/routes.tsp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using TypeSpec.Versioning;
 @server("https://wave.seqera.io", "wave prod endpoint")
 namespace wave {
     enum Versions {
-      v1: "1.16.8-A0",
+      v1: "1.16.8-A1",
     }
   @route("/v1alpha2/container")
   interface  ContainerService {