diff --git a/.changeset/fix-guest-room-roster.md b/.changeset/fix-guest-room-roster.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 53297f2..0000000
--- a/.changeset/fix-guest-room-roster.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"kit": patch
----
-
-Fix casino games showing a 0 balance and refusing wagers. The guest runtime built a fresh `room` every callback but created the game's `Handler` (and its stored `Services`) only once at `OnStart`, so `svc.Credits` was permanently bound to the *start* callback's roster. `creditsSvc` resolves a player's host-side index against that roster's `ctx.members`, which is empty for a solo game (the player joins after start) — so every `Balance`/`Wager`/`Settle` was denied at the guest facade (`ErrCreditsDenied`) and never reached the host. The room is now a single persistent instance refreshed in place each callback, so the game's stored `Services` always resolve against the live roster. (The `kittest`/native/memsvc doubles resolve by account id, not roster index, which is why unit tests and conformance did not catch this — it only manifested on the real wasm ABI path.) Casino games must be rebuilt against this release to pick up the fix.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2e0f0b..eaa6854 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # kit
 
+## 2.16.1
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- 8c904b5: Fix casino games showing a 0 balance and refusing wagers. The guest runtime built a fresh `room` every callback but created the game's `Handler` (and its stored `Services`) only once at `OnStart`, so `svc.Credits` was permanently bound to the _start_ callback's roster. `creditsSvc` resolves a player's host-side index against that roster's `ctx.members`, which is empty for a solo game (the player joins after start) — so every `Balance`/`Wager`/`Settle` was denied at the guest facade (`ErrCreditsDenied`) and never reached the host. The room is now a single persistent instance refreshed in place each callback, so the game's stored `Services` always resolve against the live roster. (The `kittest`/native/memsvc doubles resolve by account id, not roster index, which is why unit tests and conformance did not catch this — it only manifested on the real wasm ABI path.) Casino games must be rebuilt against this release to pick up the fix.
+
 ## 2.16.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc75197..af1b442 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kit",
-  "version": "2.16.0",
+  "version": "2.16.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Version management for the shellcade gamekit (Go module + CLI). Versions and changelogs are driven by changesets; binaries by GoReleaser.",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 2bf29d0..839a3a5 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "shellcade-kit"
-version = "2.16.0"
+version = "2.16.1"
 edition = "2021"
 # #[unsafe(no_mangle)] (emitted by shellcade_game! so expansions survive
 # edition-2024 game crates) stabilized in 1.82.