chore(release): 1.16.1

Author: muhammetsafak

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ The envelope wire format is versioned separately by `meta.schema_version`
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.16.1] - 2026-10-11
+
 ### Changed
 - **Schema-version gate rejection now dead-letters the incoming body, byte-identical.** A message
   whose `bq-schema-version` (`bq_schema_version` on Artemis) is unsupported is rejected *without

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "babelqueue"
-version = "1.16.0"
+version = "1.16.1"
 description = "Polyglot Queues, Simplified — the Python core: the canonical BabelQueue wire-envelope codec, contracts and dead-letter helpers."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"

src/babelqueue/__init__.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     Transport,
 )
 
-__version__ = "1.16.0"
+__version__ = "1.16.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "BabelQueue",