diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d52e0cb3..fe31f147 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 2.16.0.9 (dev) not released yet (2026-07-06)
+Version 2.16.0.9 (dev) not released yet (2026-09-07)
 ====================================================
 
 **Incompatible changes**
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Bugs
 - composite: preserve `gs1_verify()` warning (if any)
 - GRIDMATRIX: fix byte latch 6 -> 7, & allowing more than one non-digit in
   numeral (both caused misencodation)
+- DOTCODE: fix not checking ECI on segs > 0 (MR #160, props Connor-Jay Dunn)
 
 
 Version 2.16.0 (2025-12-19)
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_dotcode.c b/backend/tests/test_dotcode.c
index f53ac195..9317c359 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_dotcode.c
+++ b/backend/tests/test_dotcode.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ static void test_encode_segs(const testCtx *const p_ctx) {
                     "10101010001010101010100000001"
                     "01000101000001010100000100010"
                 },
+        /* 12*/ { UNICODE_MODE, -1, -1, { 0, 0, "" }, { { TU("¶"), -1, 0 }, { TU("Ж"), -1, 811800 }, { TU(""), 0, 0 } }, ZINT_ERROR_INVALID_OPTION, -1, -1, 1, 1, "", "" },
     };
     const int data_size = ARRAY_SIZE(data);
     int i, j, seg_count, ret;