Prepare for 2.16.1 release

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <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.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 
 2.17.0 (not yet released)
 
-2.16.1 (not yet released)
+2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
 
 #4200: `JsonSetter(contentNulls = FAIL)` is ignored in delegating
   `@JsonCreator` argument