diff --git a/release.yaml b/release.yaml
index 766fbddc..a86b26ce 100644
--- a/release.yaml
+++ b/release.yaml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ binaries:
       version: v0.13.0
     metalctl:
       darwin:
-        url: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl/releases/download/v0.16.0/metalctl-darwin-amd64
+        url: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl/releases/download/v0.16.1/metalctl-darwin-amd64
       linux:
-        url: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl/releases/download/v0.16.0/metalctl-linux-amd64
+        url: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl/releases/download/v0.16.1/metalctl-linux-amd64
       repository: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl
-      version: v0.16.0
+      version: v0.16.1
       windows:
-        url: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl/releases/download/v0.16.0/metalctl-windows-amd64
+        url: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl/releases/download/v0.16.1/metalctl-windows-amd64
 docker-images:
   metal-stack:
     control-plane:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ docker-images:
       metalctl:
         name: ghcr.io/metal-stack/metalctl
         repository: https://github.com/metal-stack/metalctl
-        tag: v0.16.0
+        tag: v0.16.1
       rethinkdb-exporter:
         name: ghcr.io/metal-stack/rethinkdb-exporter
         repository: https://github.com/metal-stack/rethinkdb-exporter