From 5f19059a72d86a9d84ef5b2b202802354bac5105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Meyer <tony.meyer@canonical.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 16:43:04 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: prep for a 2.16.1 release.

---
 CHANGES.md     | 6 ++++++
 ops/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index bcf3a1c3e..81b9421ef 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 2.16.1 - 5 Sep 2024
+
+## Fixes
+
+* Don't alter os.environ when creating a Harness in https://github.com/canonical/operator/pull/1359
+
 # 2.16.0 - 29 Aug 2024
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/ops/version.py b/ops/version.py
index 41a064d4e..a00bfb2f1 100644
--- a/ops/version.py
+++ b/ops/version.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 This module is NOT to be used when developing charms using ops.
 """
 
-version: str = '2.16.0'
+version: str = '2.16.1'