chore(main): release 0.16.0 (#376)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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<details><summary>0.16.0</summary>

##
[0.16.0](v0.15.0...v0.16.0)
(2026-06-22)


### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

* **sdk:** remove bouncycastle and ayza libraries
([#367](#367))

### Features

* **sdk:** remove bouncycastle and ayza libraries
([#367](#367))
([63b49af](63b49af))
* verify that BC works with `approved_only` mode set
([#375](#375))
([36fd6cf](36fd6cf))


### Bug Fixes

* **main:** Update bc module sdk version.
([#377](#377))
([9b38f82](9b38f82))
</details>

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.github/release-please/release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.15.0"
+  ".": "0.16.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.16.0](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0) (2026-06-22)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **sdk:** remove bouncycastle and ayza libraries ([#367](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/367))
+
+### Features
+
+* **sdk:** remove bouncycastle and ayza libraries ([#367](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/367)) ([63b49af](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/63b49af858f5eb78ea3db72d2fe991abdb3fcec8))
+* verify that BC works with `approved_only` mode set ([#375](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/375)) ([36fd6cf](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/36fd6cf0f75f986f2d4e456f47ee83c55756d2f7))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **main:** Update bc module sdk version. ([#377](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/issues/377)) ([9b38f82](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/commit/9b38f82a5bc61284f844e9527ca34a206648e646))
+
 ## [0.15.0](https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk/compare/v0.14.0...v0.15.0) (2026-04-29)
 
 

cmdline/pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>cmdline</artifactId>
     <properties>

cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
  */
 class Versions {
     // Version of the SDK, managed by release-please.
-    public static final String SDK = "0.15.1-SNAPSHOT"; // x-release-please-version
+    public static final String SDK = "0.16.0"; // x-release-please-version
 
     // This sdk aims to support this version of the TDF spec; currently 4.3.0.
     public static final String TDF_SPEC = "4.3.0";

examples/pom.xml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-    <version>0.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
     <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>0.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.16.0</version>
     <name>io.opentdf.platform:sdk-pom</name>
     <description>OpenTDF Java SDK</description>
     <url>https://github.com/opentdf/java-sdk</url>

sdk-fips-bouncycastle/pom.xml

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>sdk-fips-bouncycastle</artifactId>
     <name>io.opentdf.platform:sdk-fips-bouncycastle</name>

sdk/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>sdk-pom</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.opentdf.platform</groupId>
-        <version>0.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.16.0</version>
     </parent>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <properties>
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
         <okhttp.version>4.12.0</okhttp.version>
         <platform.branch>protocol/go/v0.16.0</platform.branch>
         <!-- in the non-FIPS case we don't need to pass anything to the jvm -->
-        <java.security.properties.test></java.security.properties.test>
+        <java.security.properties.test/>
         <!-- Default empty argLine; overridden by jacoco:prepare-agent when the `coverage` profile is active -->
-        <argLine></argLine>
+        <argLine/>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <!-- Logging Dependencies -->

sdk/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/sdk/Version.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class Version implements Comparable<Version> {
 
     // Version of the SDK, managed by release-please.
-    public static final String SDK = "0.15.1-SNAPSHOT"; // x-release-please-version
+    public static final String SDK = "0.16.0"; // x-release-please-version
 
     private final int major;
     private final int minor;