diff --git a/changelog/22856.txt b/changelog/22856.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a4596e3a18b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/22856.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:change
+secrets/ad: Update plugin to v0.16.1
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cff4c8d8ca744..17276d834ebef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/favadi/protoc-go-inject-tag v1.4.0
 	github.com/gammazero/workerpool v1.1.3
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.1-0.20190212211648-25d852aebe32
-	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2
+	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.5.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.7.0
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.4.4
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-redis-elasticache v0.2.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-snowflake v0.9.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-mock v0.16.1
-	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-ad v0.16.0
+	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-ad v0.16.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-alicloud v0.15.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-azure v0.16.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-gcp v0.17.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 83202df1dee3c..e08f775287b6c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1492,8 +1492,8 @@ github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.4.1/go.mod h1:hEBeB/ic+5LoWskz+yKT7vGhhPYkPro
 github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.1/go.mod h1:hEBeB/ic+5LoWskz+yKT7vGhhPYkProFKoKdwZRWMe0=
 github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.4 h1:vXT6d/FNDiELJnLb6hGNa309LMsrCoYFvpwHDF0+Y1A=
 github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber v1.5.4/go.mod h1:hEBeB/ic+5LoWskz+yKT7vGhhPYkProFKoKdwZRWMe0=
-github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 h1:J6MZopCL4uSllY1OfXM374weqZFFItUbrImctkmUxIA=
-github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2/go.mod h1:sIVyrIiJhuEF+Pj9Ebtd6P/rEYROXFi3BopGUQ5a5Og=
+github.com/go-errors/errors v1.5.0 h1:/EuijeGOu7ckFxzhkj4CXJ8JaenxK7bKUxpPYqeLHqQ=
+github.com/go-errors/errors v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sIVyrIiJhuEF+Pj9Ebtd6P/rEYROXFi3BopGUQ5a5Og=
 github.com/go-fonts/dejavu v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Wt4I4OU2Nq9asgDCteaAaWZOV24E+0/Pwo0gppep4g=
 github.com/go-fonts/latin-modern v0.2.0/go.mod h1:rQVLdDMK+mK1xscDwsqM5J8U2jrRa3T0ecnM9pNujks=
 github.com/go-fonts/liberation v0.1.1/go.mod h1:K6qoJYypsmfVjWg8KOVDQhLc8UDgIK2HYqyqAO9z7GY=
@@ -2151,8 +2151,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-snowflake v0.9.0 h1:kYr7DXkxuznPstyvt
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-snowflake v0.9.0/go.mod h1:szELJH+NFTZPB4KbmIkcBD3E+BfVVdew7YCOFW7u2LY=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-mock v0.16.1 h1:5QQvSUHxDjEEbrd2REOeacqyJnCLPD51IQzy71hx8P0=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-mock v0.16.1/go.mod h1:83G4JKlOwUtxVourn5euQfze3ZWyXcUiLj2wqrKSDIM=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-ad v0.16.0 h1:6RCpd2PbBvmi5xmxXhggE0Xv+/Gag896/NNZeMKH+8A=
-github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-ad v0.16.0/go.mod h1:6IeXly3xi+dVodzFSx6aVZjdhd3syboPyhxr1/WMcyo=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-ad v0.16.1 h1:Ns0/JcpOrC3+yCYcV9+SbehfRkob1pB793VILE1yo2E=
+github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-ad v0.16.1/go.mod h1:WeR9mm1FT3jmuf0SDJmqy7N/9Y34Qv8elt43/k/oaW0=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-alicloud v0.15.1 h1:LrcvOhx1hy8NvENdORrJUcpuY4JHDD5NvDILdlOgefw=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-alicloud v0.15.1/go.mod h1:YKoctp9/8VkjIx827IrNCqSow/Z88wCz3Qb/sAFLe6o=
 github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-secrets-azure v0.16.3 h1:XqVsmkGK5szTZe3YpMlHB5v+QceujZDR7ghY/YOg7jk=