Release 16.3.0

Author: KazuCocoa

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Commit based release not is [release_notes.md](./release_notes.md)
 
 Release tags are https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/releases .
 
+## [16.3.0] - 2026-05-11
+- Bump appium_lib_core to 13+
+    - No user facing changes are expected.
+
 ## [16.2.0] - 2026-04-19
 - Define device methods (`lock`, `unlock`, `hide_keyboard`, `push_file`, `pull_file`, `background_app`, `shake`, etc.) natively on `Appium::Driver` via `def_delegators :driver`, replacing the implicit delegation previously set up by `extend ::Appium::Core::Device`. Paves the way for `ruby_lib_core` to drop its static compatibility list (appium/ruby_lib_core#97).
 

lib/appium_lib/version.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module Appium
   # Version and Date are defined on the 'Appium' module, not 'Appium::Common'
-  VERSION = '16.2.0' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
-  DATE    = '2026-04-19' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE
+  VERSION = '16.3.0' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
+  DATE    = '2026-05-11' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE
 end