v1.16.9

Signed-off-by: Daijiro Fukuda <fukuda@clear-code.com>
Co-authored-by: Kentaro Hayashi <hayashi@clear-code.com>

Author: daipom

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 # v1.16
 
+## Release v1.16.9 - 2025/05/14
+
+### Bug Fix
+
+* winsvc: Fix bug where service accidentally stops after starting.
+  The previous version (v1.16.8) should not be used for Windows Service.
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/4955
+
+### Misc
+
+* CI improvemnts
+  https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/4956
+
 ## Release v1.16.8 - 2025/05/01
 
+**This version has a critical bug about Windows Service. Do not use this version.**
+(https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/pull/4955)
+
 ### Bug Fix
 
 * winsvc: Stop the service when the supervisor is dead

lib/fluent/version.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 
 module Fluent
 
-  VERSION = '1.16.8'
+  VERSION = '1.16.9'
 
 end