diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 400eb957..3196a78f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Jupytext ChangeLog
 ==================
 
+1.16.1-dev (2024-01-??)
+-------------------
+
+**Changed**
+- The CI was updated. Thanks to [Christian Le](https://github.com/LecrisUT) for taking care of this! ([#1190](https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext/issues/1190), [#1204](https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext/issues/1204))
+
+
 1.16.0 (2023-12-03)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/src/jupytext/version.py b/src/jupytext/version.py
index 7a11a260..f9e54cb1 100644
--- a/src/jupytext/version.py
+++ b/src/jupytext/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Jupytext's version number"""
 
-__version__ = "1.16.0"
+__version__ = "1.16.1-dev"