diff --git a/libvips/.SRCINFO b/libvips/.SRCINFO
index 8eb7564bad..58600bb36e 100644
--- a/libvips/.SRCINFO
+++ b/libvips/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = libvips
 	pkgdesc = A fast image processing library with low memory needs
 	pkgver = 8.16.0
-	pkgrel = 2
+	pkgrel = 2.1
 	url = https://libvips.github.io/libvips/
 	arch = x86_64
 	arch = powerpc64le
diff --git a/libvips/PKGBUILD b/libvips/PKGBUILD
index 4a828678c5..9a7d9b0ba4 100644
--- a/libvips/PKGBUILD
+++ b/libvips/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=libvips
 pkgver=8.16.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=2.1
 pkgdesc="A fast image processing library with low memory needs"
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 license=('LGPL-2.1-or-later')