diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5e4c9389..c10c404d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
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@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@
 -->
 # TEPHRA Changelog
 
-## Release 0.16.1 - Unreleased (as of 2021-04-27)
+## Release 0.16.1 - Unreleased (as of 2021-05-04)
 
 
 
+### BUG FIXES:
+
+| JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
+|:---- |:---- | :--- |:---- |
+| [TEPHRA-316](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TEPHRA-316) | Fix missing executable permission because of MASSEMBLY-941 |  Major | . |
+
+
 ### OTHER:
 
 | JIRA | Summary | Priority | Component |
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--- a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base/tephra-hbase-compat-2.1/pom.xml
+++ b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base/tephra-hbase-compat-2.1/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tephra</groupId>
     <artifactId>tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base</artifactId>
-    <version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base/tephra-hbase-compat-2.2/pom.xml b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base/tephra-hbase-compat-2.2/pom.xml
index 1ba803c2..a454dcf3 100644
--- a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base/tephra-hbase-compat-2.2/pom.xml
+++ b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base/tephra-hbase-compat-2.2/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tephra</groupId>
     <artifactId>tephra-hbase-compat-2.0-base</artifactId>
-    <version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.3/pom.xml b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.3/pom.xml
index 104abc1e..37040168 100644
--- a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.3/pom.xml
+++ b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.3/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tephra</groupId>
     <artifactId>tephra</artifactId>
-    <version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.4/pom.xml b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.4/pom.xml
index 5e042673..7b3d5285 100644
--- a/tephra-hbase-compat-2.4/pom.xml
+++ b/tephra-hbase-compat-2.4/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.tephra</groupId>
     <artifactId>tephra</artifactId>
-    <version>0.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>