diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 24ace27a..7d7ff9b7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### RQ 1.16.2 (2024-05-01)
+* Fixed a bug that may cause jobs from intermediate queue to be moved to FailedJobRegistry. Thanks @selwin!
+
 ### RQ 1.16.1 (2024-03-09)
 * Added `worker_pool.get_worker_process()` to make `WorkerPool` easier to extend. Thanks @selwin!
 
diff --git a/rq/version.py b/rq/version.py
index 01f10492..44a3256c 100644
--- a/rq/version.py
+++ b/rq/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = '1.16.1'
+VERSION = '1.16.2'