diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 995e3fb9..c9c3fb71 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.3.0"
+  ".": "16.3.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7c3ade6..af149f6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ New entries are maintained by Release Please.
 
 Release tags are https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/releases .
 
+## [16.3.1](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/compare/v16.3.0...v16.3.1) (2026-09-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* issues in code ([#1124](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/issues/1124)) ([1fc98b8](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/commit/1fc98b89cf41284c7da83df214aed6d8764429c2))
+
 ## [16.3.0] - 2026-05-11
 - Bump appium_lib_core to 13+
     - No user facing changes are expected.
diff --git a/lib/appium_lib/version.rb b/lib/appium_lib/version.rb
index 139253f4..089073d5 100644
--- a/lib/appium_lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/appium_lib/version.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module Appium
   # Version and Date are defined on the 'Appium' module, not 'Appium::Common'
-  VERSION = '16.3.0' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
-  DATE    = '2026-05-11' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE # x-release-please-date
+  VERSION = '16.3.1' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
+  DATE    = '2026-09-13' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE # x-release-please-date
 end