diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 1b14a7d5ff..8b5c7a94c6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
 #: major, minor, patch version for Spack, in a tuple
-spack_version_info = (0, 16, 1)
+spack_version_info = (0, 16, 2)
 
 #: String containing Spack version joined with .'s
 spack_version = '.'.join(str(v) for v in spack_version_info)