diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2d4c0b1..af5ae663 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-        <version>2.16.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.16.2</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index abbaeb32..86589702 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Co-maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.16.2 (09-Mar-2024)
+
+No changes since 2.16.1
+
 2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
 
 #733: Fix problem with Serializable objects not implementing readResolve.