diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 36867f9..1054662 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.4.15"
+  ".": "1.4.16"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ad73ef..2a24f78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.4.16 (2025-01-10)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.4.15...v1.4.16](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/compare/v1.4.15...v1.4.16)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* correctly handle deserialising `cls` fields ([#223](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/issues/223)) ([33d5ab7](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/commit/33d5ab7fc1366619e6db0a2ab30390ee3249bf52))
+
 ## 1.4.15 (2025-01-09)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.4.14...v1.4.15](https://github.com/OneBusAway/python-sdk/compare/v1.4.14...v1.4.15)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ace5a3d..c994aa1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "onebusaway"
-version = "1.4.15"
+version = "1.4.16"
 description = "The official Python library for the onebusaway-sdk API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/onebusaway/_models.py b/src/onebusaway/_models.py
index d56ea1d..9a918aa 100644
--- a/src/onebusaway/_models.py
+++ b/src/onebusaway/_models.py
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
     @classmethod
     @override
     def construct(  # pyright: ignore[reportIncompatibleMethodOverride]
-        cls: Type[ModelT],
+        __cls: Type[ModelT],
         _fields_set: set[str] | None = None,
         **values: object,
     ) -> ModelT:
-        m = cls.__new__(cls)
+        m = __cls.__new__(__cls)
         fields_values: dict[str, object] = {}
 
-        config = get_model_config(cls)
+        config = get_model_config(__cls)
         populate_by_name = (
             config.allow_population_by_field_name
             if isinstance(config, _ConfigProtocol)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def construct(  # pyright: ignore[reportIncompatibleMethodOverride]
         if _fields_set is None:
             _fields_set = set()
 
-        model_fields = get_model_fields(cls)
+        model_fields = get_model_fields(__cls)
         for name, field in model_fields.items():
             key = field.alias
             if key is None or (key not in values and populate_by_name):
diff --git a/src/onebusaway/_version.py b/src/onebusaway/_version.py
index cdc9f97..89bc4ad 100644
--- a/src/onebusaway/_version.py
+++ b/src/onebusaway/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "onebusaway"
-__version__ = "1.4.15"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.4.16"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index 8a7807e..95fa41d 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -844,3 +844,13 @@ class Model(BaseModel):
     assert m.alias == "foo"
     assert isinstance(m.union, str)
     assert m.union == "bar"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not PYDANTIC_V2, reason="TypeAliasType is not supported in Pydantic v1")
+def test_field_named_cls() -> None:
+    class Model(BaseModel):
+        cls: str
+
+    m = construct_type(value={"cls": "foo"}, type_=Model)
+    assert isinstance(m, Model)
+    assert isinstance(m.cls, str)