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+## Version 1.3.16.0 Release Notes
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+Compatible with OpenSearch 1.3.16
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+### Maintenance
+* Bump netty to match version from core's buildSrc/version.properties and bump grpc to 1.56.1 ([#546](https://github.com/opensearch-project/performance-analyzer-rca/pull/546))