diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d2b717b..5d115b1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.16.6"
+  ".": "1.16.7"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e5e030..f3eb122 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.16.7](https://github.com/tkolleh/roda.lua/compare/v1.16.6...v1.16.7) (2026-04-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** convert build_dir to POSIX at shell runtime, not just parse time ([b610277](https://github.com/tkolleh/roda.lua/commit/b610277be7f3be5270f498c2fc660d0aac2e88da))
+
 ## [1.16.6](https://github.com/tkolleh/roda.lua/compare/v1.16.5...v1.16.6) (2026-04-19)
 
 
diff --git a/lux.toml b/lux.toml
index 4d47caa..5a28565 100644
--- a/lux.toml
+++ b/lux.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package = "roda"
-version = "1.16.6"
+version = "1.16.7"
 lua = ">=5.1"
 
 [description]