diff --git a/python-yattag.changes b/python-yattag.changes
index 5104bbd..39ef859 100644
--- a/python-yattag.changes
+++ b/python-yattag.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 20 17:27:45 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.16.1:
+  * Added AsIs for inserting un-escaped strings as attribute values.
+  * Added format_attr_value() to format attribute values
+  * improving typing annotations
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec 29 09:55:11 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-yattag.spec b/python-yattag.spec
index 9b8c110..18b2d38 100644
--- a/python-yattag.spec
+++ b/python-yattag.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-yattag
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %define skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-yattag
-Version:        1.15.2
+Version:        1.16.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Generate HTML or XML in a pythonic way
 License:        LGPL-2.1-only
diff --git a/yattag-1.15.2.tar.gz b/yattag-1.15.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a0baaa..0000000
--- a/yattag-1.15.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:aad9f540bd22dc503e5b5506cc47856facf081aa71fd35f727371b63e1e402bf
-size 28653
diff --git a/yattag-1.16.1.tar.gz b/yattag-1.16.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3332e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yattag-1.16.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:baa8f254e7ea5d3e0618281ad2ff5610e0e5360b3608e695c29bfb3b29d051f4
+size 29069