diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync.yml b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..983103941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: sync
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Trigger the workflow on all pushes
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "**"
+    tags:
+      - "**"
+
+  # Trigger the workflow when a branch or tag is deleted
+  delete: ~
+
+jobs:
+  # Calls a reusable CI workflow to sync the current with a remote repository.
+  #   It will correctly handle addition of any new and removal of existing Git objects.
+  sync:
+    name: sync
+    uses: ecmwf-actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/sync.yml@v2
+    secrets:
+      target_repository: eccodes/eccodes
+      target_username: ClonedDuck
+      target_token: ${{ secrets.BITBUCKET_PAT }}
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 3f86d5967..ef7e7f08c 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PACKAGE_NAME='eccodes'
 # Package version
 ECCODES_MAJOR_VERSION=2
 ECCODES_MINOR_VERSION=16
-ECCODES_REVISION_VERSION=0
+ECCODES_REVISION_VERSION=1
 
 ECCODES_CURRENT=1
 ECCODES_REVISION=0