Prepare for 2.16.1 release

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.16.1</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-jr-parent</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
+
+No changes since 2.16.0
+
 2.16.0 (15-Nov-2023)
 
 * Upgrade `retrofit` dependency to 2.9.0 (from 2.7.2)