diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f0db0c9560..aa27baa15bf 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
+## [16.9.1](https://github.com/primefaces/primeng/tree/16.9.1) (2023-11-23)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/primefaces/primeng/compare/16.9.0...16.9.1)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+- Paginator: missing or unresolved labels of navigation buttons / dropdowns [\#14191](https://github.com/primefaces/primeng/issues/14191)
+- MultiSelect: Template dropdown selections not working [\#14188](https://github.com/primefaces/primeng/issues/14188)
 
 ## [16.9.0](https://github.com/primefaces/primeng/tree/16.9.0) (2023-11-22)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 880b8dd0e13..d962713af0b 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "primeng",
-    "version": "16.9.0",
+    "version": "16.9.1",
     "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md",
     "scripts": {
         "ng": "ng",
diff --git a/src/app/components/package.json b/src/app/components/package.json
index 69db0071e88..3315849117c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/package.json
+++ b/src/app/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "primeng",
-    "version": "16.9.0",
+    "version": "16.9.1",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
         "url": "https://github.com/primefaces/primeng"
diff --git a/src/app/showcase/data/versions.json b/src/app/showcase/data/versions.json
index b13acc9cb6e..1a30dce4890 100644
--- a/src/app/showcase/data/versions.json
+++ b/src/app/showcase/data/versions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [
     {
-        "version": "v16.9.0",
+        "version": "v16.9.1",
         "name": "v16",
         "url": "https://primeng.org"
     },
diff --git a/src/app/showcase/layout/doc/codeeditor/templates.ts b/src/app/showcase/layout/doc/codeeditor/templates.ts
index 34bbec637c3..b8a9e7ec85f 100644
--- a/src/app/showcase/layout/doc/codeeditor/templates.ts
+++ b/src/app/showcase/layout/doc/codeeditor/templates.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface Props {
 const app_dependencies = pkg ? pkg.devDependencies : {};
 
 const PrimeNG = {
-    version: '16.9.0',
+    version: '16.9.1',
     description:
         'PrimeNG is an open source UI library for Angular featuring a rich set of 90+ components, a theme designer, various theme alternatives such as Material, Bootstrap, Tailwind, premium templates and professional support. In addition, it integrates with PrimeBlock, which has 370+ ready to use UI blocks to build spectacular applications in no time.'
 };