diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ca0177cf..aebc4736 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.4.0"
+  ".": "16.4.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca68c243..d49739ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ New entries are maintained by Release Please.
 
 Release tags are https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/releases .
 
+## [16.4.1](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/compare/v16.4.0...v16.4.1) (2026-10-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* require error definitions, use next in HTMLElements#result, and fix Driver#log_event= error raising ([#1140](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/issues/1140)) ([1b28f90](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/commit/1b28f9008c488b8945cfbc41458bb430b2f7a546))
+
 ## [16.4.0](https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/compare/v16.3.2...v16.4.0) (2026-10-26)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/appium_lib/version.rb b/lib/appium_lib/version.rb
index 3feab879..97baa715 100644
--- a/lib/appium_lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/appium_lib/version.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module Appium
   # Version and Date are defined on the 'Appium' module, not 'Appium::Common'
-  VERSION = '16.4.0' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
-  DATE    = '2026-10-26' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE # x-release-please-date
+  VERSION = '16.4.1' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
+  DATE    = '2026-10-28' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE # x-release-please-date
 end