Release 16.0.0

Author: KazuCocoa

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ Commit based release not is [release_notes.md](./release_notes.md)
 
 Release tags are https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/releases .
 
-## not yet
+## 16.0.0 - 2025-02-16
 - Use `http://127.0.0.1:4723` as the default url destination instead of `http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub`
+    - `--base-path` in appium server may need to drop the `/wd/hub` if configured
 
 ## 15.2.2 - 2024-08-06
 - Fix non `app` capability behavior

lib/appium_lib/version.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module Appium
   # Version and Date are defined on the 'Appium' module, not 'Appium::Common'
-  VERSION = '15.3.0' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
-  DATE    = '2025-01-22' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE
+  VERSION = '16.0.0' unless defined? ::Appium::VERSION
+  DATE    = '2025-02-16' unless defined? ::Appium::DATE
 end