Release 5.16.2

Author: miguelgrinberg

CHANGES.md

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 # python-socketio change log
 
+**Release 5.16.2** - 2026-05-21
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+- Prevent unnecessary resource allocations [#1574](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/issues/1574) ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/ca140fe44d0ceb3004073645222abec182d8784b))
+- Add zizmor to CI builds [#1570](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/issues/1570) ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/664dc27ec6f34179ed1724430eda3520627fc642))
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 **Release 5.16.1** - 2026-02-06
 
 - Use configured JSON module in managers [#1549](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/issues/1549) ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/6229261ae6e8c01e675097242e333ee84587a544))

pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "python-socketio"
-version = "5.16.2.dev0"
+version = "5.16.2"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 authors = [
     { name = "Miguel Grinberg", email = "miguel.grinberg@gmail.com" },