diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 725421a..ca8dfa0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.2.0"
+  ".": "16.2.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99951b4..8c2c487 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ Entries after 16.0.1 are generated by release-please from commit messages; earli
 ones were written by hand in the [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 format.
 
+## [16.2.1](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-net/compare/v16.2.0...v16.2.1) (2026-10-01)
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* raise the default connection pool size from 5 to 100 ([#90](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-net/issues/90)) ([2fbcf6a](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-net/commit/2fbcf6a124e624ed0c37121cd4a64b0ff276147b))
+
 ## [16.2.0](https://github.com/GetStream/getstream-net/compare/v16.1.0...v16.2.0) (2026-09-30)
 
 
diff --git a/src/Client.cs b/src/Client.cs
index 80d7905..ec807d1 100644
--- a/src/Client.cs
+++ b/src/Client.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace GetStream
 {
     public class BaseClient : IClient
     {
-        private const string VersionName = "16.2.0"; // x-release-please-version
+        private const string VersionName = "16.2.1"; // x-release-please-version
         private static readonly string VersionHeader = $"getstream-net-{VersionName}";
 
         private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
diff --git a/src/stream-feed-net.csproj b/src/stream-feed-net.csproj
index 1b94fa7..152ffcc 100644
--- a/src/stream-feed-net.csproj
+++ b/src/stream-feed-net.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     
     <!-- NuGet Package Metadata -->
     <PackageId>getstream-net</PackageId>
-    <Version>16.2.0</Version>
+    <Version>16.2.1</Version>
     <Authors>GetStream</Authors>
     <Company>GetStream</Company>
     <Product>GetStream Feed .NET SDK</Product>