diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index cb7a87aa5..091833bb8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version v16.3.1 (released 2024-12-02)
+
+- deposit-ui: make sure we handle null/undefined for SchemaField
+- deposit-ui: skip unecessary removal of empty values in serialization
+    * This initial removal of empty values can be dangerous, since the
+      `record` at this point is a UI object representation that could
+      potentially include circular references or very deeply nested objects.
+      Since `_removeEmptyValues` is recursive this can lead to stack
+      overflow errors.
+- deposit-ui: log errors on all deposit form actions
+    * This can help with debugging unexpected non-network related errors
+      that might occur in the logic before/after a REST API requests.
+
 Version v16.3.0 (released 2024-11-27)
 
 - github: added default license from Github API
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
index 8c4659b42..9c294024b 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 from .ext import InvenioRDMRecords
 
-__version__ = "16.3.0"
+__version__ = "16.3.1"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioRDMRecords")
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/SchemaField.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/SchemaField.js
index f90e311af..0e70913bf 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/SchemaField.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/SchemaField.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // This file is part of Invenio-RDM-Records
-// Copyright (C) 2020-2023 CERN.
+// Copyright (C) 2020-2024 CERN.
 // Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Northwestern University.
 //
 // Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/deposit.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/deposit.js
index f9c01c121..f26659f68 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/deposit.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/deposit.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // This file is part of Invenio-RDM-Records
-// Copyright (C) 2020-2023 CERN.
+// Copyright (C) 2020-2024 CERN.
 // Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Northwestern University.
 //
 // Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/files.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/files.js
index c62f00e32..20270bd92 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/files.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/state/actions/files.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // This file is part of Invenio-RDM-Records
-// Copyright (C) 2020-2023 CERN.
+// Copyright (C) 2020-2024 CERN.
 // Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Northwestern University.
 //
 // Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it