diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 2a0970ca7..201a22c8f 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.16.1
+0.16.2
diff --git a/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt b/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt
index f40b1a0fe..022c3d0c8 100644
--- a/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt
+++ b/pulser-simulation/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 qutip~=4.7.2
+# This is needed until qutip fixes the incompatibility with scipy 1.12
+scipy<1.12
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