diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 692bf421..b4138f48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+1.16.1 - 2019-05-08
+===================
+
+### Fixes
+- Don't ``UnicodeDecodeError`` on unexpected non-UTF8 output in python health
+  check on windows.
+    - #1021 issue by @nicoddemus.
+    - #1022 PR by @asottile.
+
 1.16.0 - 2019-05-04
 ===================
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 90e36504..a87108d5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = pre_commit
-version = 1.16.0
+version = 1.16.1
 description = A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown