Prepare for the next release candidate
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ad63b7..11cb55c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-  <version>2.16.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.16.1</version>
   <name>Apache Commons IO</name>
 
   <inceptionYear>2002</inceptionYear>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <commons.bc.version>2.16.0</commons.bc.version>
     <commons.release.version>2.16.1</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.next>2.16.2</commons.release.next>
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-03-28T22:29:44Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-04-04T20:10:16Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <commons.release.desc>(requires Java 8)</commons.release.desc>
     <commons.jira.id>IO</commons.jira.id>
     <commons.jira.pid>12310477</commons.jira.pid>