prepare for 1.16.0 release (#105)

diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index f7fa5a9..28363e7 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Apache OpenWhisk Runtime Docker
-Copyright 2016-2023 The Apache Software Foundation
+Copyright 2016-2024 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 9903bb4..bc40ece 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 # Apache OpenWhisk Docker Runtime Container
 
-## next release
+## 1.16.0
 Changes:
-  - Update Python dependencies
+  - Update Python dependencies (#102)
 
 ## 1.15.0
   - Update base python image to `python:3.11-alpine`