diff --git a/apache-commons-codec-build.xml b/apache-commons-codec-build.xml
index 3361476..2c9a3ae 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec-build.xml
+++ b/apache-commons-codec-build.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <property name="project.groupId" value="commons-codec"/>
   <property name="project.artifactId" value="commons-codec"/>
-  <property name="project.version" value="1.16.0"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.16.1"/>
   <property name="project.name" value="Apache Commons Codec"/>
   <property name="project.description" value="The Apache Commons Codec package
 contains simple encoder and decoders for various formats such as Base64 and Hexadecimal.
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ collection of phonetic encoding utilities."/>
   <property name="bundle.version" value="${project.version}.0"/>
   <property name="bundle.symbolicName" value="org.apache.commons.codec"/>
   
-  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.6"/>
+  <property name="compiler.release" value="8"/>
+  <property name="compiler.source" value="1.${compiler.release}"/>
   <property name="compiler.target" value="${compiler.source}"/>
 
   <property name="build.finalName" value="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}"/>
@@ -31,20 +32,14 @@ collection of phonetic encoding utilities."/>
   <property name="build.srcDir" value="src/main/java"/>
   <property name="build.resourceDir.0" value="src/main/resources"/>
   <property name="build.resourceDir.1" value="."/>
-  <property name="build.testOutputDir" value="${build.dir}/test-classes"/>
-  <property name="build.testDir" value="src/test/java"/>
-  <property name="build.testResourceDir.0" value="src/test/resources"/>
-  <property name="build.testResourceDir.1" value="."/>
-  <property name="test.reports" value="${build.dir}/test-reports"/>
+
   <property name="reporting.outputDirectory" value="${build.dir}/site"/>
 
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
   <!-- Defining classpaths                                                    -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 
-  <path id="build.classpath"/>
-  <path id="build.test.classpath">
-    <!-- junit-4.12 hamcrest-core-1.3 commons-lang3-3.5 -->
+  <path id="build.classpath">
     <fileset dir="lib">
       <include name="**/*.jar"/>
     </fileset>
@@ -71,6 +66,7 @@ collection of phonetic encoding utilities."/>
            optimize="false" 
            deprecation="true" 
            target="${compiler.target}" 
+           release="${compiler.release}" 
            verbose="false" 
            fork="false" 
            source="${compiler.source}">
@@ -91,110 +87,6 @@ collection of phonetic encoding utilities."/>
     </copy>
   </target>
 
-  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Test-compilation target                                                -->
-  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-
-  <target name="compile-tests" 
-          depends="compile" 
-          description="Compile the test code" 
-          unless="test.skip">
-    <mkdir dir="${build.testOutputDir}"/>
-    <javac destdir="${build.testOutputDir}" 
-           encoding="UTF-8" 
-           nowarn="false" 
-           debug="true" 
-           optimize="false" 
-           deprecation="true" 
-           target="${compiler.target}" 
-           verbose="false" 
-           fork="false" 
-           source="${compiler.source}">
-      <src>
-        <pathelement location="${build.testDir}"/>
-      </src>
-      <classpath>
-        <path refid="build.test.classpath"/>
-        <pathelement location="${build.outputDir}"/>
-      </classpath>
-    </javac>
-    <copy todir="${build.testOutputDir}">
-      <fileset dir="${build.testResourceDir.0}"/>
-    </copy>
-    <mkdir dir="${build.testOutputDir}/META-INF"/>
-    <copy todir="${build.testOutputDir}/META-INF">
-      <fileset dir="${build.testResourceDir.1}">
-        <include name="NOTICE.txt"/>
-        <include name="LICENSE.txt"/>
-      </fileset>
-    </copy>
-  </target>
-
-  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-  <!-- Run all tests                                                          -->
-  <!-- ====================================================================== -->
-
-  <target name="test" 
-          depends="compile-tests, junit-missing" 
-          unless="junit.skipped" 
-          description="Run the test cases">
-    <mkdir dir="${test.reports}"/>
-    <junit printSummary="yes" haltonerror="true" haltonfailure="true" fork="true" dir=".">
-      <sysproperty key="basedir" value="."/>
-      <formatter type="xml"/>
-      <formatter type="plain" usefile="false"/>
-      <classpath>
-        <path refid="build.test.classpath"/>
-        <pathelement location="${build.outputDir}"/>
-        <pathelement location="${build.testOutputDir}"/>
-      </classpath>
-      <batchtest todir="${test.reports}" unless="test">
-        <fileset dir="${build.testDir}">
-          <include name="**/Test*.java"/>
-          <include name="**/*Test.java"/>
-          <include name="**/*TestCase.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/*AbstractTest.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/*PerformanceTest.java"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </batchtest>
-      <batchtest todir="${test.reports}" if="test">
-        <fileset dir="${build.testDir}">
-          <include name="**/${test}.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/*AbstractTest.java"/>
-          <exclude name="**/*PerformanceTest.java"/>
-        </fileset>
-      </batchtest>
-    </junit>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="test-junit-present">
-    <available classname="junit.framework.Test" property="junit.present" classpathref="build.test.classpath"/>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="test-junit-status" 
-          depends="test-junit-present">
-    <condition property="junit.missing">
-      <and>
-        <isfalse value="${junit.present}"/>
-        <isfalse value="${test.skip}"/>
-      </and>
-    </condition>
-    <condition property="junit.skipped">
-      <or>
-        <isfalse value="${junit.present}"/>
-        <istrue value="${test.skip}"/>
-      </or>
-    </condition>
-  </target>
-
-  <target name="junit-missing" 
-          depends="test-junit-status" 
-          if="junit.missing">
-    <echo>=================================== WARNING ===================================</echo>
-    <echo> JUnit is not present in the test classpath or your $ANT_HOME/lib directory. Tests not executed.</echo>
-    <echo>===============================================================================</echo>
-  </target>
-
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
   <!-- Javadoc target                                                         -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
@@ -204,7 +96,6 @@ collection of phonetic encoding utilities."/>
              packagenames="*" 
              destdir="${reporting.outputDirectory}/apidocs" 
              access="protected" 
-             old="false" 
              verbose="false" 
              encoding="UTF-8" 
              version="true" 
@@ -229,7 +120,7 @@ collection of phonetic encoding utilities."/>
   <!-- Package target                                                         -->
   <!-- ====================================================================== -->
 
-  <target name="package" depends="compile,test" description="Package the application">
+  <target name="package" depends="compile" description="Package the application">
     <jar jarfile="${build.dir}/${build.finalName}.jar" 
          compress="true" 
          index="false" 
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.changes b/apache-commons-codec.changes
index b5ea165..2585b54 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 19 17:47:30 UTC 2024 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.16.1:
+  * New features:
+    + Add Maven property project.build.outputTimestamp for build
+      reproducibility
+  * Fixed Bugs:
+    + CODEC-295: Test clean ups
+    + CODEC-295: Correct error in Base64 Javadoc
+    + CODEC-295: Add minimum Java version in changes.xml
+    + CODEC-310: Documentation update for the
+      org.apache.commons.codec.digest.* package
+    + Precompile regular expression in UnixCrypt.crypt(byte[],
+      String)
+    + CODEC-315: Fix possible IndexOutOfBoundException in
+      PhoneticEngine.encode method
+    + CODEC-313: Fix possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in
+      QuotedPrintableCodec.encodeQuotedPrintable() method
+    + CODEC-312: Fix possible StringIndexOutOfBoundException in
+      MatchRatingApproachEncoder.encode() method
+    + CODEC-311: Fix possible ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException in
+      RefinedSoundex.getMappingCode()
+    + CODEC-314: Fix possible IndexOutOfBoundsException in
+      PercentCodec.insertAlwaysEncodeChars() method
+    + Deprecate UnixCrypt 0-argument constructor
+    + Deprecate Md5Crypt 0-argument constructor
+    + Deprecate Crypt 0-argument constructor
+    + Deprecate StringUtils 0-argument constructor
+    + Deprecate Resources 0-argument constructor
+    + Deprecate Charsets 0-argument constructor
+    + Deprecate CharEncoding 0-argument constructor
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Oct 18 11:30:31 UTC 2023 - David Anes <david.anes@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.spec b/apache-commons-codec.spec
index 7a3e2e2..cfe7b6b 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package apache-commons-codec
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2000-2010, JPackage Project
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 
 %define base_name  codec
 %define short_name commons-%{base_name}
-%bcond_with tests
 Name:           apache-commons-codec
-Version:        1.16.0
+Version:        1.16.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Apache Commons Codec Package
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -44,13 +43,6 @@ Obsoletes:      jakarta-%{short_name} < %{version}
 Provides:       %{short_name} = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      %{short_name} < %{version}
 BuildArch:      noarch
-%if %{with tests}
-BuildRequires:  ant-junit >= 1.7
-BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang3
-BuildRequires:  hamcrest-core
-BuildRequires:  junit
-BuildRequires:  mozilla-nss
-%endif
 
 %description
 Commons Codec is an attempt to provide definitive implementations of
@@ -79,14 +71,7 @@ dos2unix RELEASE-NOTES*.txt LICENSE.txt NOTICE.txt
 
 %build
 mkdir -p lib
-%if %{with tests}
-build-jar-repository -s lib junit4 hamcrest/core commons-lang3
-%endif
-ant \
-%if %{without tests}
-  -Dtest.skip=true \
-%endif
-  -Dcompiler.source=1.8 -Dcompiler.target=1.8 \
+%{ant} \
   jar javadoc
 
 %install
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deleted file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
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