diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 50d94f9..2cdc2da 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="url">https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse.git</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
-    <param name="revision">v1.16.0</param>
+    <param name="revision">v1.16.1</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-replacement">\1</param>
     <!--
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-1.16.0.obscpio b/matrix-synapse-1.16.0.obscpio
deleted file mode 100644
index 083eafe..0000000
--- a/matrix-synapse-1.16.0.obscpio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:90285e7e4c22a5f7128c372358d2c408d57ce972f90bc450b935e936ccb24bd8
-size 27481613
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-1.16.1.obscpio b/matrix-synapse-1.16.1.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aea912b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matrix-synapse-1.16.1.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:51dd92c4f9783b8d31a56f705a89c4d93ecd1c265951a8df373478f2f97e42fe
+size 27483149
diff --git a/matrix-synapse-test.spec b/matrix-synapse-test.spec
index 47dc4f0..fbfe320 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse-test.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse-test.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 %define         pkgname matrix-synapse
 Name:           %{pkgname}-test
-Version:        1.16.0
+Version:        1.16.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Test package for %{pkgname}
 License:        Apache-2.0
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.changes b/matrix-synapse.changes
index e330bfc..cae7c53 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.changes
+++ b/matrix-synapse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 10 12:03:25 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- Update to 1.16.1 
+  - Drop table local_rejections_stream which was incorrectly added
+    in Synapse 1.16.0. (#7816, b1beb3ff5)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul  8 10:28:25 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.obsinfo b/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
index 5ed31f5..0321e7d 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
+++ b/matrix-synapse.obsinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: matrix-synapse
-version: 1.16.0
-mtime: 1594202968
-commit: e7f880ce7eea72e70a39faa8a2d0bc8bba7e6a04
+version: 1.16.1
+mtime: 1594380052
+commit: e66e38bbd7818ca967a7c08f1b1c227c544a9ede
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 8ec6a82..45c019f 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 %define         modname synapse
 %define         pkgname matrix-synapse
 Name:           %{pkgname}
-Version:        1.16.0
+Version:        1.16.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Matrix protocol reference homeserver
 License:        Apache-2.0