diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 2ec3c4d2..3480f6e5 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "4.15.1"
+	Version = "4.16.1"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index ca32326d..f0eedc74 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 - check dependabot
 - increment version in version.go
 - increment version in snapcraft.yaml
-- increment version in github-action/Dockerfile
 - make sure local build passes
 - run ./scripts/copy-docs.sh (and commit the changed in the yq-book branch)
 - commit version update changes
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 6e7062be..868d81f7 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.15.1'
+version: '4.16.1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.