diff --git a/python-simplejson.changes b/python-simplejson.changes
index a365462..e0e464d 100644
--- a/python-simplejson.changes
+++ b/python-simplejson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep  8 19:15:21 UTC 2018 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 3.16.1:
+  * Added examples for JSON lines use cases
+  * Add wheels for more Python versions and platforms
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  2 11:08:58 UTC 2018 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-simplejson.spec b/python-simplejson.spec
index 4ec433f..678e1d9 100644
--- a/python-simplejson.spec
+++ b/python-simplejson.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-simplejson
-Version:        3.16.0
+Version:        3.16.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
 License:        MIT OR AFL-2.1
diff --git a/simplejson-3.16.0.tar.gz b/simplejson-3.16.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a276f3..0000000
--- a/simplejson-3.16.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-size 81203
diff --git a/simplejson-3.16.1.tar.gz b/simplejson-3.16.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ebea67
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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+size 80596