diff --git a/python3.10.spec b/python3.10.spec
index 8623a54..2a9e28a 100644
--- a/python3.10.spec
+++ b/python3.10.spec
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 
 #  WARNING  When rebasing to a new Python version,
 #           remember to update the python3-docs package as well
-%global general_version %{pybasever}.15
+%global general_version %{pybasever}.16
 #global prerel ...
 %global upstream_version %{general_version}%{?prerel}
 Version: %{general_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Python-2.0.1
 
 
@@ -1618,6 +1618,11 @@ CheckPython optimized
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 04 2024 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 3.10.16-1
+- Update to 3.10.16
+- Security fix for CVE-2024-9287
+Resolves: rhbz#2321654
+
 * Wed Sep 11 2024 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.10.15-2
 - Fix ThreadedVSOCKSocketStreamTest
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1859df7..fe5766d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (Python-3.10.15.tar.xz) = 3c0396b2dae1521315a9b5ce9ad4ab6ede385447922fceb00ea3df75bfd79cb547b9380e936d83c9c1b964e38e16d70e34aec39f4c292853a032407bb6a58063
-SHA512 (Python-3.10.15.tar.xz.asc) = 0cac9b78649330a2a35a835d45e4a8a111db45943cc0ae0d24f5d9e03a058b4b739fe43d6cd1aee481dcd415a57820bf875996fa60b81d4d5911588db5adad70
+SHA512 (Python-3.10.16.tar.xz) = a6b004974db93f21590f00b9b1a569dfd8c3e334f8c6a8eb8997dec5646fa4515cfc02a7dabea9e4f75f908938dc64333ce4899b9a26aff97f9ffcb027fa2bca
+SHA512 (Python-3.10.16.tar.xz.asc) = 18032fdb60a022d6381b1137789ada1c4bb198049616ed158fb548e728dd1fb95d116a86c41c852ca2acc9127baf3cdd9644a1e2df90ae9c3ffcd66eabf454d6