Merge branch '2.16' into 2.17

Author: cowtowncoder

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Modules:
 #43: Update `jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api` dep to 2.1.3 (from 2.1.1)
  (contributed by @pjfanning)
 
+2.16.2 (09-Mar-2024)
 2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
 
 No changes since 2.16.0