diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a0c8c3e1..e4f1f00e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.16.0"
+  ".": "5.16.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4541f30..58e4acca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Android SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [5.16.1](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/compare/5.16.0...5.16.1) (2026-09-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Stop the FDv1 stream on the stream thread after an unrecoverable HTTP error ([#402](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/issues/402)) ([0f40e44](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/commit/0f40e44b989d46e7d4a8c0c0475029c85c5bbe08))
+* **tests:** stop streaming data sources in StreamingDataSourceTest ([#400](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/issues/400)) ([cf6110b](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/commit/cf6110bbd51bdcdd9730e87d3c47b036efd9dac9))
+
 ## [5.16.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/android-client-sdk/compare/5.15.0...5.16.0) (2026-08-27)
 
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c50e404b..595b82d0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 
 #x-release-please-start-version
-version=5.16.0
+version=5.16.1
 #x-release-please-end
 
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