diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6a05a9c44..08a46ac9c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ instructions, because git commits are used to generate release notes:
+
+## v16.1.1 (2023-08-29)
+
+- 💥[Bugfix] Apply "fix mysql crash after upgrade to Palm" from 16.1.0 to `tutor k8s` deployments, as well. Users previously running `tutor k8s` with `RUN_MYSQL: true`, with any version between 16.0.0 and 16.1.0 including, might have to fix their data manually. For users running `tutor local`, this change has no effect, as the underlying issue was already fixed in 16.1.0. For users running `tutor k8s` with `RUN_MYSQL: false`, this change is also a no-op. (by @fghaas)
+
## v16.1.0 (2023-08-16)
diff --git a/changelog.d/20230824_104119_fghaas_utf8mb3_k8s.md b/changelog.d/20230824_104119_fghaas_utf8mb3_k8s.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b732065391..0000000000
--- a/changelog.d/20230824_104119_fghaas_utf8mb3_k8s.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- 💥[Bugfix] Apply "fix mysql crash after upgrade to Palm" from 16.1.0 to `tutor k8s` deployments, as well. Users previously running `tutor k8s` with `RUN_MYSQL: true`, with any version between 16.0.0 and 16.1.0 including, might have to fix their data manually. For users running `tutor local`, this change has no effect, as the underlying issue was already fixed in 16.1.0. For users running `tutor k8s` with `RUN_MYSQL: false`, this change is also a no-op. (by @fghaas)
diff --git a/tutor/__about__.py b/tutor/__about__.py
index 45e43fc494..0066407232 100644
--- a/tutor/__about__.py
+++ b/tutor/__about__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Increment this version number to trigger a new release. See
# docs/tutor.html#versioning for information on the versioning scheme.
-__version__ = "16.1.0"
+__version__ = "16.1.1"
# The version suffix will be appended to the actual version, separated by a
# dash. Use this suffix to differentiate between the actual released version and