diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0253ee6ca..7619495d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.161.0] - 2026-04-03
+
+### Added
+
+- Add measure-document linking
+
+### Changed
+
+- Sort employee signatures and approvals by most recently updated
+- Remove no-changes guard from document version publish
+- Exclude approved-without-signature documents from employee approvals
+
 ## [0.160.2] - 2026-04-03
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 014ae7ffa..5f9f1fa08 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ DOCKER_BUILD=	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(DOCKER) build $(DOCKER_BUILD_FLAGS)
 
 DOCKER_COMPOSE=	$(DOCKER) compose -f compose.yaml $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_FLAGS)
 
-VERSION=	0.160.2
+VERSION=	0.161.0
 LDFLAGS=	-ldflags "-X 'main.version=$(VERSION)' -X 'main.env=prod'"
 GCFLAGS=	-gcflags="-e"