diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index dfe96389..72387799 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     branches:
+      - hotfix/*
       - release/*
     tags:
       - "v*"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38702238..1e7979ce 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_complete"
-version = "4.4.8"
+version = "4.4.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eaf7dcb7c21d8ca1a2482ee0f1d341f437c9a7af6ca6da359dc5e1b164e98215"
+checksum = "df631ae429f6613fcd3a7c1adbdb65f637271e561b03680adaa6573015dfb106"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 4.4.18",
 ]
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-base"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "directories",
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-cli"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_with",
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-client"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "clipcat-base",
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-clipboard"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "arboard",
  "bytes",
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-dbus-variant"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clipcat-base",
  "mime",
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-external-editor"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clipcat-base",
  "snafu 0.8.0",
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-menu"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 4.4.18",
  "clap_complete",
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-metrics"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum 0.7.4",
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-notify"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 4.4.18",
  "clap_complete",
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-proto"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clipcat-base",
  "mime",
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcat-server"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bincode",
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcatctl"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "clap 4.4.18",
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clipcatd"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 4.4.18",
  "clap_complete",
@@ -3045,9 +3045,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.2"
+version = "1.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "380b951a9c5e80ddfd6136919eef32310721aa4aacd4889a8d39124b026ab343"
+checksum = "b62dbe01f0b06f9d8dc7d49e05a0785f153b00b2c227856282f671e0318c9b15"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -3057,9 +3057,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f804c7828047e88b2d32e2d7fe5a105da8ee3264f01902f796c8e067dc2483f"
+checksum = "3b7fa1134405e2ec9353fd416b17f8dacd46c473d7d3fd1cf202706a14eb792a"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -3238,9 +3238,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_with"
-version = "3.4.0"
+version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64cd236ccc1b7a29e7e2739f27c0b2dd199804abc4290e32f59f3b68d6405c23"
+checksum = "f58c3a1b3e418f61c25b2aeb43fc6c95eaa252b8cecdda67f401943e9e08d33f"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "chrono",
@@ -3255,9 +3255,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_with_macros"
-version = "3.4.0"
+version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "93634eb5f75a2323b16de4748022ac4297f9e76b6dced2be287a099f41b5e788"
+checksum = "d2068b437a31fc68f25dd7edc296b078f04b45145c199d8eed9866e45f1ff274"
 dependencies = [
  "darling 0.20.3",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -3311,9 +3311,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7cee0529a6d40f580e7a5e6c495c8fbfe21b7b52795ed4bb5e62cdf92bc6380"
+checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sigfinn"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f18edb48..d99638ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version      = "0.16.2"
+version      = "0.16.3"
 authors      = ["xrelkd <46590321+xrelkd@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 homepage     = "https://github.com/xrelkd/clipcat"
 repository   = "https://github.com/xrelkd/clipcat"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32244ca9..87949480 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ cd ~/bin
 
 # download and extract clipcat to ~/bin/
 # NOTE: replace the version with the version you want to install
-export CLIPCAT_VERSION=v0.16.1
+export CLIPCAT_VERSION=v0.16.3
 
 # NOTE: the architecture of your machine,
 # available value is `x86_64-unknown-linux-musl`
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5e2f6b6c..d98ba4fd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, fenix, crane }:
     let
       name = "clipcat";
-      version = "0.16.2";
+      version = "0.16.3";
     in
     (flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem
       (system: