Prepare for release candidate
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d29a57..0d873f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
  |****      THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMONS BUILD PLUGIN      ****|
  |****                    DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY                      ****|
  |****                                                              ****|
- |**** Note: This file has been manually edited to fix the badges   ****|
- |**** for Coverage and Maven Central. Please verify if updated.    ****|
- |****                                                              ****|
  +======================================================================+
  | TEMPLATE FILE: readme-md-template.md                                 |
  | commons-build-plugin/trunk/src/main/resources/commons-xdoc-templates |
@@ -47,9 +44,9 @@
 ===================
 
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-[![Coverage Status](https://codecov.io/gh/apache/commons-codec/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/apache/commons-codec/branch/master)
+[![Coverage Status](https://codecov.io/gh/apache/commons-codec/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/apache/commons-codec)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/commons-codec/commons-codec/badge.svg?gav=true)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/commons-codec/commons-codec/?gav=true)
-[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.15.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.15)
+[![Javadocs](https://javadoc.io/badge/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.16.0.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.16.0)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/workflows/CodeQL/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec/actions/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml?query=workflow%3ACodeQL)
 [![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-codec/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/apache/commons-codec)
 
@@ -69,20 +66,20 @@
 -----------------------------------
 You can download source and binaries from our [download page](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/download_codec.cgi).
 
-Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories:
+Alternatively, you can pull it from  the central Maven repositories:
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-  <version>1.16</version>
+  <version>1.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 Contributing
 ------------
 
-We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing list][ml] is the main channel of communication for contributors.
+We accept Pull Requests via GitHub. The [developer mailing list](https://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html) is the main channel of communication for contributors.
 There are some guidelines which will make applying PRs easier for us:
 + No tabs! Please use spaces for indentation.
 + Respect the code style.
@@ -107,7 +104,61 @@
 
 + [Apache Commons Homepage](https://commons.apache.org/)
 + [Apache Issue Tracker (JIRA)](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CODEC)
++ [Apache Commons Slack Channel](https://the-asf.slack.com/archives/C60NVB8AD)
 + [Apache Commons Twitter Account](https://twitter.com/ApacheCommons)
 + `#apache-commons` IRC channel on `irc.freenode.org`
 
-[ml]:https://commons.apache.org/mail-lists.html
+Apache Commons Components
+-------------------------
+
+| Component | GitHub Repository | Apache Homepage |
+| --------- | ----------------- | ----------------|
+| Apache Commons BCEL | [commons-bcel](https://github.com/apache/commons-bcel) | [commons-bcel](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel) |
+| Apache Commons Beanutils | [commons-beanutils](https://github.com/apache/commons-beanutils) | [commons-beanutils](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils) |
+| Apache Commons BSF | [commons-bsf](https://github.com/apache/commons-bsf) | [commons-bsf](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bsf) |
+| Apache Commons Build-plugin | [commons-build-plugin](https://github.com/apache/commons-build-plugin) | [commons-build-plugin](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-build-plugin) |
+| Apache Commons Chain | [commons-chain](https://github.com/apache/commons-chain) | [commons-chain](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-chain) |
+| Apache Commons CLI | [commons-cli](https://github.com/apache/commons-cli) | [commons-cli](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli) |
+| Apache Commons Codec | [commons-codec](https://github.com/apache/commons-codec) | [commons-codec](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec) |
+| Apache Commons Collections | [commons-collections](https://github.com/apache/commons-collections) | [commons-collections](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-collections) |
+| Apache Commons Compress | [commons-compress](https://github.com/apache/commons-compress) | [commons-compress](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress) |
+| Apache Commons Configuration | [commons-configuration](https://github.com/apache/commons-configuration) | [commons-configuration](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration) |
+| Apache Commons Crypto | [commons-crypto](https://github.com/apache/commons-crypto) | [commons-crypto](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-crypto) |
+| Apache Commons CSV | [commons-csv](https://github.com/apache/commons-csv) | [commons-csv](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv) |
+| Apache Commons Daemon | [commons-daemon](https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon) | [commons-daemon](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-daemon) |
+| Apache Commons DBCP | [commons-dbcp](https://github.com/apache/commons-dbcp) | [commons-dbcp](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp) |
+| Apache Commons Dbutils | [commons-dbutils](https://github.com/apache/commons-dbutils) | [commons-dbutils](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbutils) |
+| Apache Commons Digester | [commons-digester](https://github.com/apache/commons-digester) | [commons-digester](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-digester) |
+| Apache Commons Email | [commons-email](https://github.com/apache/commons-email) | [commons-email](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-email) |
+| Apache Commons Exec | [commons-exec](https://github.com/apache/commons-exec) | [commons-exec](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-exec) |
+| Apache Commons Fileupload | [commons-fileupload](https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload) | [commons-fileupload](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-fileupload) |
+| Apache Commons Functor | [commons-functor](https://github.com/apache/commons-functor) | [commons-functor](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-functor) |
+| Apache Commons Geometry | [commons-geometry](https://github.com/apache/commons-geometry) | [commons-geometry](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-geometry) |
+| Apache Commons Graph | [commons-graph](https://github.com/apache/commons-graph) | [commons-graph](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-graph) |
+| Apache Commons Imaging | [commons-imaging](https://github.com/apache/commons-imaging) | [commons-imaging](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-imaging) |
+| Apache Commons IO | [commons-io](https://github.com/apache/commons-io) | [commons-io](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io) |
+| Apache Commons JCI | [commons-jci](https://github.com/apache/commons-jci) | [commons-jci](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jci) |
+| Apache Commons JCS | [commons-jcs](https://github.com/apache/commons-jcs) | [commons-jcs](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jcs) |
+| Apache Commons Jelly | [commons-jelly](https://github.com/apache/commons-jelly) | [commons-jelly](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jelly) |
+| Apache Commons Jexl | [commons-jexl](https://github.com/apache/commons-jexl) | [commons-jexl](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jexl) |
+| Apache Commons Jxpath | [commons-jxpath](https://github.com/apache/commons-jxpath) | [commons-jxpath](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jxpath) |
+| Apache Commons Lang | [commons-lang](https://github.com/apache/commons-lang) | [commons-lang](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang) |
+| Apache Commons Logging | [commons-logging](https://github.com/apache/commons-logging) | [commons-logging](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging) |
+| Apache Commons Math | [commons-math](https://github.com/apache/commons-math) | [commons-math](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-math) |
+| Apache Commons Net | [commons-net](https://github.com/apache/commons-net) | [commons-net](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net) |
+| Apache Commons Numbers | [commons-numbers](https://github.com/apache/commons-numbers) | [commons-numbers](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-numbers) |
+| Apache Commons Parent | [commons-parent](https://github.com/apache/commons-parent) | [commons-parent](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-parent) |
+| Apache Commons Pool | [commons-pool](https://github.com/apache/commons-pool) | [commons-pool](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-pool) |
+| Apache Commons Proxy | [commons-proxy](https://github.com/apache/commons-proxy) | [commons-proxy](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-proxy) |
+| Apache Commons RDF | [commons-rdf](https://github.com/apache/commons-rdf) | [commons-rdf](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rdf) |
+| Apache Commons Release-plugin | [commons-release-plugin](https://github.com/apache/commons-release-plugin) | [commons-release-plugin](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-release-plugin) |
+| Apache Commons Rng | [commons-rng](https://github.com/apache/commons-rng) | [commons-rng](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rng) |
+| Apache Commons Scxml | [commons-scxml](https://github.com/apache/commons-scxml) | [commons-scxml](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-scxml) |
+| Apache Commons Signing | [commons-signing](https://github.com/apache/commons-signing) | [commons-signing](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-signing) |
+| Apache Commons Skin | [commons-skin](https://github.com/apache/commons-skin) | [commons-skin](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-skin) |
+| Apache Commons Statistics | [commons-statistics](https://github.com/apache/commons-statistics) | [commons-statistics](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-statistics) |
+| Apache Commons Testing | [commons-testing](https://github.com/apache/commons-testing) | [commons-testing](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-testing) |
+| Apache Commons Text | [commons-text](https://github.com/apache/commons-text) | [commons-text](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text) |
+| Apache Commons Validator | [commons-validator](https://github.com/apache/commons-validator) | [commons-validator](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-validator) |
+| Apache Commons VFS | [commons-vfs](https://github.com/apache/commons-vfs) | [commons-vfs](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-vfs) |
+| Apache Commons Weaver | [commons-weaver](https://github.com/apache/commons-weaver) | [commons-weaver](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-weaver) |
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index c5053df..3edddb1 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-    <release version="1.16.0" date="TBD" description="Feature and fix release.">
+    <release version="1.16.0" date="2023-06-17" description="Feature and fix release.">
       <!-- FIX -->
       <action issue="CODEC-295" dev="ggregory" type="fix" due-to="Arturo Bernal">Minor improvements #67.</action> 
       <action                   dev="aherbert" type="fix" due-to="James Gan">Remove duplicated words from Javadocs.</action>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/download_codec.xml b/src/site/xdoc/download_codec.xml
index 8c7caa9..b68361e 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/download_codec.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/download_codec.xml
@@ -107,38 +107,38 @@
         failing that using the <code>SHA512</code> hash (<code>*.sha512</code> checksum files).
       </p>
       <p>
-        The <a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS">KEYS</a>
+        The <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/KEYS">KEYS</a>
         file contains the public PGP keys used by Apache Commons developers
         to sign releases.
       </p>
     </subsection>
     </section>
-    <section name="Apache Commons Codec 1.16 ">
+    <section name="Apache Commons Codec 1.16.0 ">
       <subsection name="Binaries">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16-bin.tar.gz">commons-codec-1.16-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.tar.gz">commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16-bin.zip">commons-codec-1.16-bin.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.zip">commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.16.0-bin.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
       <subsection name="Source">
         <table>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16-src.tar.gz">commons-codec-1.16-src.tar.gz</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16.0-src.tar.gz">commons-codec-1.16.0-src.tar.gz</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16.0-src.tar.gz.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16.0-src.tar.gz.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
           <tr>
-              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16-src.zip">commons-codec-1.16-src.zip</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
-              <td><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
+              <td><a href="[preferred]/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16.0-src.zip">commons-codec-1.16.0-src.zip</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16.0-src.zip.sha512">sha512</a></td>
+              <td><a href="https://downloads.apache.org/commons/codec/source/commons-codec-1.16.0-src.zip.asc">pgp</a></td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml b/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
index b5fb328..844ab2f 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/issue-tracking.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       </p>
 
       <p>
-      For more information on subversion and creating patches see the
+      For more information on creating patches see the
       <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html">Apache Contributors Guide</a>.
       </p>
 
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml b/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
index 97915a5..7f8aa3b 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/mail-lists.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:user-subscribe@commons.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:user@commons.apache.org?subject=[codec]">Post</a></td>
-          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-user/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
+          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-user/">mail-archives.apache.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user@commons.apache.org">lists.apache.org</a>
+          </td>
           <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.users/">markmail.org</a><br />
               <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/user@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
               <a href="https://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel">news.gmane.org</a>
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@commons.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:dev@commons.apache.org?subject=[codec]">Post</a></td>
-          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
+          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/">mail-archives.apache.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@commons.apache.org">lists.apache.org</a>
+          </td>
           <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.dev/">markmail.org</a><br />
               <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />
               <a href="https://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.jakarta.commons.devel">news.gmane.org</a>
@@ -141,7 +145,9 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:issues-subscribe@commons.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:issues-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><i>read only</i></td>
-          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-issues/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
+          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-issues/">mail-archives.apache.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?issues@commons.apache.org">lists.apache.org</a>
+          </td>
           <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.issues/">markmail.org</a><br />
               <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/issues@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a>
           </td>
@@ -158,7 +164,9 @@
           <td><a href="mailto:commits-subscribe@commons.apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
           <td><a href="mailto:commits-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><i>read only</i></td>
-          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-commits/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
+          <td><a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-commits/">mail-archives.apache.org</a><br />
+              <a href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?commits@commons.apache.org">lists.apache.org</a>
+          </td>
           <td><a href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.commons.commits/">markmail.org</a><br />
               <a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/commits@commons.apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a>
           </td>
@@ -191,7 +199,9 @@
           <td><a class="externalLink" href="mailto:announce-subscribe@apache.org">Subscribe</a></td>
           <td><a class="externalLink" href="mailto:announce-unsubscribe@apache.org">Unsubscribe</a></td>
           <td><i>read only</i></td>
-          <td><a class="externalLink" href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/">mail-archives.apache.org</a></td>
+          <td><a class="externalLink" href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/">mail-archives.apache.org</a><br />
+              <a class="externalLink" href="https://lists.apache.org/list.html?announce@apache.org">lists.apache.org</a>
+          </td>
           <td><a class="externalLink" href="https://markmail.org/list/org.apache.announce/">markmail.org</a><br />
               <a class="externalLink" href="https://old.nabble.com/Apache-News-and-Announce-f109.html">old.nabble.com</a><br />
               <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.mail-archive.com/announce@apache.org/">www.mail-archive.com</a><br />