diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 816d67f0b..b342d6b21 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const (
 	TMCoreSemVer = "0.32.4"
 
 	// ABCISemVer is the semantic version of the ABCI library
-	ABCISemVer  = "0.16.2"
+	ABCISemVer  = "0.16.1"
 	ABCIVersion = ABCISemVer
 )