diff --git a/ZcashLightClientKit.podspec b/ZcashLightClientKit.podspec
index 644c9129..facbd7e8 100644
--- a/ZcashLightClientKit.podspec
+++ b/ZcashLightClientKit.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     s.name             = 'ZcashLightClientKit'
-    s.version          = '0.16.1-beta'
+    s.version          = '0.16.2-beta'
     s.summary          = 'Zcash Light Client wallet SDK for iOS'
   
     s.description      = <<-DESC
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 87291fa1..7c24724c 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# 0.16.2-beta
+- [#418] "Swift.EncodingError.InvalidValue Encoding an Int64 is not supported" (#430)
+This fixes Cocoapods clients pointing to SQLite 0.12.2 instead of using 0.13
+the former does not support custom encoding of Int64 and makes Zatoshi break
+
+- [#428] make some helpers publicly accessible (#429)
 # 0.16.1-beta
 - [#422] Make Zatoshi extensions of `NSDecimalNumber` public (#423)
 - [#419] Fix Unavailable Transport 14 when attempting to sync (#426)