From ad4104b56c219b0a27bac06547d1a3c7d6a0dbd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 17:30:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: bump version to 0.16.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26a1f3bea1..476616bc40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@
 
 <!-- insert new changelog below this comment -->
 
+## [0.16.1] - 2026-08-07
+
+### Changed
+
+- fix(integrations): wrap a non-UTF-8 catalog response (#4011)
+- fix(events): skip an unreadable command template (#3956)
+- fix(bundle): wrap malformed YAML in a local .zip bundle manifest (#4013)
+- chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action/analyze from 4.37.3 to 4.37.5 (#4005)
+- chore(deps): bump DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action (#4006)
+- fix(agent-context): recurse for nested plans in Python mtime fallback (#3757)
+- fix: add utf-8 encoding to extension and preset registry file I/O (#3834)
+- fix(init): escape user-supplied values in `specify init` output (#3787)
+- fix: bound response read in integration catalog fetch (#3812)
+- fix: use missing_ok for temp file cleanup to avoid masking errors (#3803)
+- fix(workflows): handle an unreadable run state in `workflow status` (#3999)
+- feat(init): scaffold managed .specify/.gitignore (#4000)
+- fix(scripts): stop check-prerequisites text mode crashing on a legacy stdout code page (#3890)
+- fix(presets): return None for an unreadable layer in resolve_content (#3959)
+- fix(extensions): start fresh on a non-UTF-8 extension registry (#3998)
+- Fix init-force-preset-desync: reapply presets/extensions on init --here --force (#3995)
+- fix(skills): apply the line-anchored delimiter scan to hermes and kimi (#3739)
+- fix(archives): wrap the bare EOFError a truncated tar.gz raises (#3938)
+- test(integrations): guard multiline/control-char SKILL.md frontmatter escaping (#3392)
+- fix(scripts): stop setup-tasks text mode crashing on a legacy code page (#3892)
+- chore: release 0.16.0, begin 0.16.1.dev0 development (#3992)
+
 ## [0.16.0] - 2026-08-05
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 593f5fa218..10de749e5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.16.1.dev0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

From 222c359c1c6c01d3b0142f62a46fd6fd74af0e51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 17:30:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: begin 0.16.2.dev0 development

---
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 10de749e5f..ca19633915 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.16.2.dev0"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"