# Prisma 5.16.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Prisma (https://prisma.io)
- **Version:** 5.16.1
- **Released:** Jun 27, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/prisma/updates/5.16.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Prisma 5.16.1. Source highlight: Today, we are issuing the 5.16.1 patch release to fix an issue in Prisma client.

## Bug Fixes
- dotenv loading issue with PrismaClient 
- Prisma Seed Script Fails After Upgrading to v5.16.0 (DATABASE_URL Error)

## Upgrade Command
```bash
npm install --save-dev --save-exact prisma@5.16.1
```