diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a85d1c1af..d30d93af0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     branches:
     - master
     - "3.0"
-    - "2.16"
+    - "2.17"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
     branches:
     - master
     - "3.0"
-    - "2.16"
+    - "2.17"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 1dd95aedf..443792b0f 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ Active maintainers:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-(not yet released)
+2.17.0 (not yet released)
 
-#410: Update `com.amazon.ion:ion-java` to 1.10.5 (from 1.9.5)
- (requested by Dominik B)
+-
 
-2.16.0-rc1 (20-Oct-2023)
+2.16.0 (15-Nov-2023)
 
 #400: (avro) Rewrite Avro buffer recycling (`ApacheCodecRecycler.java`) to
   use new `RecyclerPool`, allow configuring use of non-ThreadLocal based pools
 #403: (smile) Remove Smile-specific buffer-recycling
+#410: (ion) Update `com.amazon.ion:ion-java` to 1.10.5 (from 1.9.5)
+ (requested by Dominik B)
 
 2.15.3 (12-Oct-2023)