# Next.js v16.1.7 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Next.js (https://nextjs.org)
- **Version:** v16.1.7
- **Released:** Mar 16, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/nextjs/updates/v16.1.7/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Next.js v16.1.7. Source highlight: This release is backporting bug fixes. It does **not** include all pending features/changes on canary.

## New Features
- feat(next/image): add lru disk cache and `images.maximumDiskCacheSize` (See: CVE-2026-27980)

## Bug Fixes
- fix: patch http-proxy to prevent request smuggling in rewrites (See: CVE-2026-29057)

## Upgrade Command
```bash
npm install --save-exact next@16.1.7
```