diff --git a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
index fcd9721..8215c88 100644
--- a/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gitea/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 gitea_user: gogs
 gitea_group: gogs
 
-gitea_checksum: sha256:a64358d1ef31d96481343ddbbb0454acbce387d2d087c6f7ce7248e8fb06a1ab
-gitea_version: 1.16.0
+gitea_checksum: sha256:f03f3a3c4dccc2219351cde5c9af372715b2ec3e88a821779702bc6f38084c97
+gitea_version: 1.16.1
 gitea_url: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-linux-amd64