diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 7c735ab5..4c67c1bb 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.16.5-rc.0
+current_version = 0.16.5-rc.1
 commit = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(?:-(?P<prerel>rc)\.(?P<prerelversion>\d+))?
 serialize = 
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 85a48aa8..e21cc6e5 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cellxgene",
-  "version": "0.16.5-rc.0",
+  "version": "0.16.5-rc.1",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "cellxgene is a web application for the interactive exploration of single cell sequence data.",
   "repository": "https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene",
diff --git a/server/__init__.py b/server/__init__.py
index b7efe9b5..2c926815 100644
--- a/server/__init__.py
+++ b/server/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import sys
 from server.common.utils.utils import import_plugins
 
-__version__ = "0.16.5-rc.0"
+__version__ = "0.16.5-rc.1"
 display_version = "cellxgene v" + __version__
 
 try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index feb197ce..652ac761 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("server/requirements-prepare.txt") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name="cellxgene",
-    version="0.16.5-rc.0",
+    version="0.16.5-rc.1",
     packages=find_packages(),
     url="https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene",
     license="MIT",