diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79d4d52ce..ea9918f49 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2315,6 +2315,13 @@
             </repositories>
         </profile>
 
+        <profile>
+            <id>flink-1.16</id>
+            <properties>
+                <flink.version>1.16.3</flink.version>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+
         <profile>
             <id>flink-1.17</id>
             <properties>