diff --git a/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md b/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md
index befcbf6a1f..9210d879ec 100644
--- a/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/scripts/azureml-assets/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ## 1.17.0 (Unreleased)
 ### 🚀 New Features
 
+## 1.16.83 (2025-05-22)
+### 🚀 New Features
+- [#4208](https://github.com/Azure/azureml-assets/pull/4208) Fix for python 3.9 - remove union typing
+
 ## 1.16.82 (2025-05-22)
 ### 🚀 New Features
 - [#4206](https://github.com/Azure/azureml-assets/pull/4206) Print azcopy log if output_level==default
diff --git a/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py b/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py
index 55a85dbdc9..52a3fc6989 100644
--- a/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py
+++ b/scripts/azureml-assets/azureml/assets/model/download_utils.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _onerror(func, path, exc_info):
         raise
 
 
-def run_cmd(cmd, cwd: Path | None = None, env: dict | None = None) -> int:
+def run_cmd(cmd, cwd: Path = None, env: dict = None) -> int:
     """Run the command and returns the result."""
     logger.print(cmd)
     result = subprocess.run(
diff --git a/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py b/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py
index 6c496ec6c6..3362bcfa8b 100644
--- a/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py
+++ b/scripts/azureml-assets/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
    name="azureml-assets",
-   version="1.16.82",
+   version="1.16.83",
    description="Utilities for publishing assets to Azure Machine Learning system registries.",
    author="Microsoft Corp",
    packages=find_packages(),