diff --git a/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt b/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e7ec7e..9e426f5 100644
--- a/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zephcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ add_definitions(-DFIRMWARE_BUILD_DATE="${ZEPHCORE_BUILD_DATE}")
 # value; the per-app `#ifndef FIRMWARE_VERSION` fallbacks only apply to builds that
 # bypass this injection. NOTE: the BLE DIS value in boards/common/zephcore_common.conf
 # (CONFIG_BT_DIS_FW_REV_STR) is Kconfig, not C, so it must be bumped here AND there.
-set(ZEPHCORE_FIRMWARE_VERSION "v1.16.0-zephyr")
+set(ZEPHCORE_FIRMWARE_VERSION "v1.16.1-zephyr")
 add_definitions(-DFIRMWARE_VERSION="${ZEPHCORE_FIRMWARE_VERSION}")
 
 add_subdirectory(lib/monocypher)
diff --git a/zephcore/boards/common/zephcore_common.conf b/zephcore/boards/common/zephcore_common.conf
index 94bc38f..ad29629 100644
--- a/zephcore/boards/common/zephcore_common.conf
+++ b/zephcore/boards/common/zephcore_common.conf
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ CONFIG_BT_DIS_FW_REV=y
 # of truth for the C side, injected as -DFIRMWARE_VERSION). This Kconfig value can't
 # read a C macro, so it must be bumped here too. Phones that read DIS and phones
 # that query CMD_DEVICE_QUERY should see the same version.
-CONFIG_BT_DIS_FW_REV_STR="v1.16.0-zephyr"
+CONFIG_BT_DIS_FW_REV_STR="v1.16.1-zephyr"
 CONFIG_BT_DIS_SW_REV=y
 CONFIG_BT_DIS_SW_REV_STR="Zephyr"
 CONFIG_BT_DIS_PNP=n