diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b4e9013..dc93a58 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.16.0"
+  ".": "0.16.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5836456..9dc55e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.16.1 (2025-03-18)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.16.0...v0.16.1](https://github.com/propulsion-ai/propulsionai-python/compare/v0.16.0...v0.16.1)
+
+### Features
+
+* upgrade and remove proxies ([9d25dda](https://github.com/propulsion-ai/propulsionai-python/commit/9d25ddaa0dcdc55f1e67c68dbec7aebc43eda5f3))
+
 ## 0.16.0 (2025-03-18)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.15.2...v0.16.0](https://github.com/propulsion-ai/propulsionai-python/compare/v0.15.2...v0.16.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6251155..38b2503 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "propulsionai"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the propulsionai API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/propulsionai/_base_client.py b/src/propulsionai/_base_client.py
index ca06969..2738b09 100644
--- a/src/propulsionai/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/propulsionai/_base_client.py
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ def __init__(
             base_url=base_url,
             # cast to a valid type because mypy doesn't understand our type narrowing
             timeout=cast(Timeout, timeout),
-            proxies=proxies,
+            # proxies=proxies,
             transport=transport,
             limits=limits,
             follow_redirects=True,
diff --git a/src/propulsionai/_version.py b/src/propulsionai/_version.py
index b4c9476..d1162e4 100644
--- a/src/propulsionai/_version.py
+++ b/src/propulsionai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "propulsionai"
-__version__ = "0.16.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.16.1"  # x-release-please-version