diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index d9cd9be2..51513551 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Project: jackson-dataformat-xml
   properly merge namespace information
 * Upgrade Woodstox to 6.6.1 (latest at the time)
 
+2.16.2 (09-Mar-2024)
+
+No changes since 2.16.1
+
 2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
 
 #616: Fix mismatch in `setNextIsUnwrapped(boolean)` in