diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 6fc39c92..95fbdcfc 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Project: jackson-module-jsonSchema
 
 No changes since 2.16
 
+2.16.2 (09-Mar-2024)
 2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
 2.16.0 (15-Nov-2023)