diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9e17efe36..104adcc9e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -275,10 +275,11 @@ limitations under the License.
     <!-- Commons Release Plugin -->
     <commons.release.version>1.16.1</commons.release.version>
     <commons.bc.version>1.16.0</commons.bc.version>
+    <commons.bc.next>1.16.2</commons.bc.next>
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
     <commons.distSvnStagingUrl>scm:svn:https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/commons/${commons.componentid}</commons.distSvnStagingUrl>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-04T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>clean verify apache-rat:check japicmp:cmp checkstyle:check javadoc:javadoc</defaultGoal>
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ limitations under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.23</version>
         <configuration>
           <ignores>
             <!-- JDK9 breaks compatibility by returning ByteBuffer not Buffer -->
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 53fde80f29..513fe6fa24 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <author>Apache Commons Developers</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.16.1" date="20YY-MM-DD" description="Feature and fix release. Requires a minimum of Java 8.">
+    <release version="1.16.1" date="2024-02-04" description="Feature and fix release. Requires a minimum of Java 8.">
       <!-- ADD -->
       <action type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add Maven property project.build.outputTimestamp for build reproducibility.</action>
       <!-- FIX -->
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
       <action                   dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate Resources 0-argument constructor.</action>
       <action                   dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate Charsets 0-argument constructor.</action>
       <action                   dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Gary Gregory">Deprecate CharEncoding 0-argument constructor.</action>
+      <action                   dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Gary Gregory">Add missing version for animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.</action>
       <!-- UPDATE -->
       <action                   dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump commons-parent from 58 to 66.</action>
       <action                   dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Gary Gregory">Bump commons-lang3 from 3.12.0 to 3.14.0.</action>      
