diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 6949cb3..eaa2db4 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ Modules:
 
 2.17.0 (not yet released)
 
-
 #43: Update `jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api` dep to 2.1.3 (from 2.1.1)
  (contributed by @pjfanning)
 
+2.16.1 (24-Dec-2023)
+
+No changes since 2.16.0
+
 2.16.0 (15-Nov-2023)
 
 #37: (jsonp/jsr-353): Fix class path scanning on each deserialization