diff --git a/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/MODULE.bazel b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f4462056e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+module(
+    name = "rules_apple",
+    version = "3.16.1",
+    bazel_compatibility = [">=7.0.0"],
+    compatibility_level = 1,
+)
+
+bazel_dep(name = "apple_support", version = "1.15.1", repo_name = "build_bazel_apple_support")
+bazel_dep(name = "bazel_skylib", version = "1.3.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "0.0.9")
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.10")
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "rules_swift",
+    version = "2.1.1",
+    repo_name = "build_bazel_rules_swift",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "stardoc",
+    version = "0.6.2",
+    dev_dependency = True,
+    repo_name = "io_bazel_stardoc",
+)
+bazel_dep(
+    name = "protobuf",
+    version = "21.7",
+    dev_dependency = True,
+    repo_name = "com_google_protobuf",
+)
+
+non_module_deps = use_extension("//apple:extensions.bzl", "non_module_deps")
+use_repo(
+    non_module_deps,
+    "xctestrunner",
+)
+
+provisioning_profile_repository = use_extension("//apple:apple.bzl", "provisioning_profile_repository_extension")
+use_repo(provisioning_profile_repository, "local_provisioning_profiles")
+
+apple_cc_configure = use_extension("@build_bazel_apple_support//crosstool:setup.bzl", "apple_cc_configure_extension")
+use_repo(apple_cc_configure, "local_config_apple_cc")
+
+# TODO: Remove override when a protobuf release is available that supports
+# Bazel 8
+archive_override(
+    module_name = "protobuf",
+    integrity = "sha256-+dloYVexGlGsxKLTARuU4KXZ5ORo/BWPR6obFk73d+Q=",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-b93b8e5f64ed922d101759380d7c6a2bbe474e26",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/b93b8e5f64ed922d101759380d7c6a2bbe474e26.zip"],
+)
+
+# TODO: Remove override when a protobuf release that marks `stardoc` as a
+# dev_dependency is available, until then it's upgrading our stardoc version
+# so override it here.
+single_version_override(
+    module_name = "stardoc",
+    version = "0.6.2",
+)
diff --git a/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/patches/module_dot_bazel_version.patch b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/patches/module_dot_bazel_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26f12773c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/patches/module_dot_bazel_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+===================================================================
+--- a/MODULE.bazel
++++ b/MODULE.bazel
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ module(
+     name = "rules_apple",
+-    version = "0",
++    version = "3.16.1",
+     bazel_compatibility = [">=7.0.0"],
+     compatibility_level = 1,
+ )
+ 
diff --git a/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/presubmit.yml b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/presubmit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d367baad8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/presubmit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+matrix:
+  bazel: ["7.x", "rolling"]
+
+tasks:
+  verify_targets:
+    name: Verify build targets
+    platform: macos_arm64
+    bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+    test_targets:
+      - '@rules_apple//examples/macos/CommandLine:ExamplesBuildTest'
+    test_flags:
+    - "--repo_env=BAZEL_DO_NOT_DETECT_CPP_TOOLCHAIN=1"
diff --git a/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/source.json b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fd7a412ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rules_apple/3.16.1/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "integrity": "sha256-NSQoQhyJ26iFkFXD4bpC90LCJFRL8OGWySbRz0Si1yY=",
+    "strip_prefix": "",
+    "url": "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_apple/releases/download/3.16.1/rules_apple.3.16.1.tar.gz",
+    "patches": {
+        "module_dot_bazel_version.patch": "sha256-nbc80TqQYbPle0NfVHzVSYtvLHMB3p26cUXixoq49V4="
+    },
+    "patch_strip": 1
+}
diff --git a/modules/rules_apple/metadata.json b/modules/rules_apple/metadata.json
index 32ce763e812..a177ba798fc 100644
--- a/modules/rules_apple/metadata.json
+++ b/modules/rules_apple/metadata.json
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
         "3.13.0",
         "3.14.0",
         "3.15.0",
-        "3.16.0"
+        "3.16.0",
+        "3.16.1"
     ],
     "yanked_versions": {}
 }