diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e2c8ff75102e6fdcc2cbd3fcede834b53eaba89..2002d914ec4e6bdf8a1dbadd0a2ddddafcc6b9fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-project(Stripping VERSION 16.0
+project(Stripping VERSION 16.1
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v16r1.md b/ReleaseNotes/v16r1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e94fd1c193e01867c8911ec9e104f15116e8849b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v16r1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+2022-03-21 Stripping v16r1
+===
+
+This version uses Phys v27r1.
+
+This version is released on `run2-patches` branch and is intended for use with Run1 or Run2 data. For Run3, use a version released on `master` branch
+Built relative to Stripping [v16r0](../-/tags/v16r0), with only changes to the Phys package. 
+