From e2231df10a26526f772294a0e1f1cadec57a9d5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tatu Saloranta <tatu.saloranta@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:33:05 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare for 2.16.0 release

---
 pom.xml                   |  2 +-
 release-notes/VERSION-2.x | 11 ++++-------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95a67e2c..c0864a01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-modules-java8</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 6c3d2158..ba53d659 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -8,20 +8,17 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Not yet released
+2.16.0 (15-Nov-2023)
 
 #263: Add `JavaTimeFeature.ALWAYS_ALLOW_STRINGIFIED_TIMESTAMPS` to allow parsing
   quoted numbers when using a custom pattern (DateTimeFormatter)
  (contributed by M.P. Korstanje)
-#281: (datetime) Add `JavaTimeFeature.NORMALIZE_DESERIALIZED_ZONE_ID` to allow
-  disabling ZoneId normalization on deserialization
- (requested by @indyana)
-
-2.16.0-rc1 (20-Oct-2023)
-
 #272: (datetime) `JsonFormat.Feature.WRITE_DATE_TIMESTAMPS_AS_NANOSECONDS`
   not respected when deserialising `Instant`s
  (fix contributed by Raman B)
+#281: (datetime) Add `JavaTimeFeature.NORMALIZE_DESERIALIZED_ZONE_ID` to allow
+  disabling ZoneId normalization on deserialization
+ (requested by @indyana)
 
 2.15.3 (12-Oct-2023)
 2.15.2 (30-May-2023)