diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6e2d353a96..c8688a1efa 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+8.1.0-dev.516 | 2025-09-04 09:04:27 -0700
+
+  * Bump auxil/spicy to latest development snapshot (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
+  * Fix clang-tidy warning from recent SVCB merge (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
+  * NEWS: Add note about DNS SVCB changes (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 8.1.0-dev.511 | 2025-09-03 15:35:49 -0700
 
   * Parse SVCB/HTTPS SvcParams list (Klemens Nanni)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1c07f7e5e0..e33b9185dc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.1.0-dev.511
+8.1.0-dev.516
diff --git a/auxil/spicy b/auxil/spicy
index 8e768adeff..83db354408 160000
--- a/auxil/spicy
+++ b/auxil/spicy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8e768adeffba2a658cf32a2044ca7868066338c1
+Subproject commit 83db3544089d62d90d81a7e4c58ae74814366db3