diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 452b40bd8..ce9936889 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 3.16.4, 2023-10-10
+
+### Bug Fixes (BUG)
+-  Avoid exceeding recursion depth when retrieving image mode (#2251)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/compare/3.16.3...3.16.4)
+
 ## Version 3.16.3, 2023-10-08
 
 ### Bug Fixes (BUG)
diff --git a/pypdf/_version.py b/pypdf/_version.py
index b35947ff0..b087c0251 100644
--- a/pypdf/_version.py
+++ b/pypdf/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "3.16.3"
+__version__ = "3.16.4"