diff --git a/tensorflow_hub/version.py b/tensorflow_hub/version.py
index d3a4ec15..192a87f0 100644
--- a/tensorflow_hub/version.py
+++ b/tensorflow_hub/version.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 # ==============================================================================
 """Contains the version string."""
 
-__version__ = "0.17.0.dev"
+__version__ = "0.16.1"