From d651b41206160cb4b0501eba87baa50fc9cdda1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Rickabaugh <alx+alxhub@alxandria.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 13:12:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] release: cut the v16.2.0-rc.0 release

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61d06e07ecdca..7737e62f79fac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+<a name="16.2.0-rc.0"></a>
+# 16.2.0-rc.0 (2023-08-02)
+### compiler
+| Commit | Type | Description |
+| -- | -- | -- |
+| [6755f5354c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/6755f5354c7657ecb6f2643450dd2572b114a895) | fix | return full spans for Comment nodes ([#50855](https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/50855)) |
+### core
+| Commit | Type | Description |
+| -- | -- | -- |
+| [e53d4ecf4c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/e53d4ecf4cfd9e64d6ba8c8b19adbb7df9cfc047) | feat | add afterRender and afterNextRender ([#50607](https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/50607)) |
+| [cdaa2a8a9e](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/cdaa2a8a9eab490b55bbb841ede4f54a2656df30) | feat | support Provider type in Injector.create ([#49587](https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/49587)) |
+
+<!-- CHANGELOG SPLIT MARKER -->
+
 <a name="16.1.8"></a>
 # 16.1.8 (2023-08-02)
 ### compiler
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee7b89dbaf364..384938968a323 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-srcs",
-  "version": "16.2.0-next.4",
+  "version": "16.2.0-rc.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Angular - a web framework for modern web apps",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/angular",