diff --git a/py-ubjson-0.15.0.tar.gz b/py-ubjson-0.15.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index b077f67..0000000
--- a/py-ubjson-0.15.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:07d314def684fb5a80c53c59ae6a3afbce73032e1317c8808a11aced178ad8b2
-size 50111
diff --git a/py-ubjson-0.16.1.tar.gz b/py-ubjson-0.16.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92b315e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-ubjson-0.16.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b9bfb8695a1c7e3632e800fb83c943bf67ed45ddd87cd0344851610c69a5a482
+size 50316
diff --git a/python-py-ubjson.changes b/python-py-ubjson.changes
index 2b0f7c7..081fa1b 100644
--- a/python-py-ubjson.changes
+++ b/python-py-ubjson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Apr 22 20:14:34 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 0.16.1:
+  - Make recursion unit test work in PyPy also
+  - Don't use C extension under PyPy. (JIT-optimized pure-Python version is
+    considerably faster.)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 24 07:26:32 UTC 2020 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-py-ubjson.spec b/python-py-ubjson.spec
index 1d202c5..03d11f0 100644
--- a/python-py-ubjson.spec
+++ b/python-py-ubjson.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-py-ubjson
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define modname py-ubjson
 Name:           python-py-ubjson
-Version:        0.15.0
+Version:        0.16.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Universal Binary JSON encoder/decoder
 License:        Apache-2.0