diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 User-visible changes in hledger-ui.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
+# 1.16.1 2019-12-03
+
+- use hledger 1.16.1, fixing GHC 8.0/8.2 build
+
 # 1.16 2019-12-01
 
 - add support for GHC 8.8, base-compat 0.11 (#1090)
diff --git a/hledger-ui.1 b/hledger-ui.1
--- a/hledger-ui.1
+++ b/hledger-ui.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-.TH "hledger-ui" "1" "December 2019" "hledger-ui 1.16" "hledger User Manuals"
+.TH "hledger-ui" "1" "December 2019" "hledger-ui 1.16.1" "hledger User Manuals"
 
 
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui.cabal b/hledger-ui.cabal
--- a/hledger-ui.cabal
+++ b/hledger-ui.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 440030049a4495a4af1bac097d5e39afb5f4044d1f257574f04b22d4cd171038
+-- hash: 354dc6a7a17c244ef4c9b74ce8a07190e798a13b158c0169dfb17633c1f58f60
 
 name:           hledger-ui
-version:        1.16
+version:        1.16.1
 synopsis:       Terminal user interface for the hledger accounting tool
 description:    This is hledger's terminal interface.
                 It is simpler and more convenient for browsing data than the command-line interface,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   hs-source-dirs:
       ./.
   ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-unused-do-bind -fno-warn-name-shadowing -fno-warn-missing-signatures -fno-warn-type-defaults -fno-warn-orphans
-  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.16"
+  cpp-options: -DVERSION="1.16.1"
   build-depends:
       ansi-terminal >=0.6.2.3
     , async
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
     , directory
     , filepath
     , fsnotify >=0.2.1.2 && <0.4
-    , hledger >=1.16 && <1.17
-    , hledger-lib >=1.16 && <1.17
+    , hledger >=1.16.1 && <1.17
+    , hledger-lib >=1.16.1 && <1.17
     , megaparsec >=7.0.0 && <8
     , microlens >=0.4
     , microlens-platform >=0.2.3.1
diff --git a/hledger-ui.info b/hledger-ui.info
--- a/hledger-ui.info
+++ b/hledger-ui.info
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 File: hledger-ui.info,  Node: Top,  Next: OPTIONS,  Up: (dir)
 
-hledger-ui(1) hledger-ui 1.16
-*****************************
+hledger-ui(1) hledger-ui 1.16.1
+*******************************
 
 hledger-ui is hledger's terminal interface, providing an efficient
 full-window text UI for viewing accounts and transactions, and some
@@ -423,19 +423,19 @@
 
 Tag Table:
 Node: Top71
-Node: OPTIONS1097
-Ref: #options1194
-Node: KEYS4585
-Ref: #keys4680
-Node: SCREENS8987
-Ref: #screens9072
-Node: Accounts screen9162
-Ref: #accounts-screen9290
-Node: Register screen11506
-Ref: #register-screen11661
-Node: Transaction screen13657
-Ref: #transaction-screen13815
-Node: Error screen14685
-Ref: #error-screen14807
+Node: OPTIONS1101
+Ref: #options1198
+Node: KEYS4589
+Ref: #keys4684
+Node: SCREENS8991
+Ref: #screens9076
+Node: Accounts screen9166
+Ref: #accounts-screen9294
+Node: Register screen11510
+Ref: #register-screen11665
+Node: Transaction screen13661
+Ref: #transaction-screen13819
+Node: Error screen14689
+Ref: #error-screen14811
 
 End Tag Table
diff --git a/hledger-ui.txt b/hledger-ui.txt
--- a/hledger-ui.txt
+++ b/hledger-ui.txt
@@ -431,4 +431,4 @@
 
 
 
-hledger-ui 1.16                  December 2019                   hledger-ui(1)
+hledger-ui 1.16.1                December 2019                   hledger-ui(1)