diff --git a/apache-commons-codec-build.xml b/apache-commons-codec-build.xml
index 8816cdc..3361476 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec-build.xml
+++ b/apache-commons-codec-build.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <property name="project.groupId" value="commons-codec"/>
   <property name="project.artifactId" value="commons-codec"/>
-  <property name="project.version" value="1.15"/>
+  <property name="project.version" value="1.16.0"/>
   <property name="project.name" value="Apache Commons Codec"/>
   <property name="project.description" value="The Apache Commons Codec package
 contains simple encoder and decoders for various formats such as Base64 and Hexadecimal.
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.changes b/apache-commons-codec.changes
index 83a1cb9..b5ea165 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.changes
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,39 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 18 11:30:31 UTC 2023 - David Anes <david.anes@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.16.0: 
+  * Minor improvements #67. Fixes CODEC-295. 	
+  * Remove duplicated words from Javadocs.
+  * Simplify assertion #84. Fixes CODEC-301.
+  * Simplify assertion #84. Fixes CODEC-300.
+  * Use Standard Charset object #82. Fixes CODEC-298.
+  * Use String.contains() functions #125.
+  * Avoid use toString() or substring() in favor of a simplified expression #126.
+  * Fix byte-skipping in Base16 decoding #135. Fixes CODEC-305.
+  * Fix several typos, improve writing in some javadocs #139.
+  * BaseNCodecOutputStream.eof() should not throw IOException.
+  * Javadoc improvements and cleanups.
+  * Deprecate BaseNCodec.isWhiteSpace(byte) and use Character.isWhitespace(int).
+  * Add support for Blake3 family of hashes. Fixes CODEC-296.
+  * Add github/codeql-action. 	
+  * Bump actions/cache from v2 to v3.0.10 #75, #99, #119, #138, #149, #152.
+  * Bump actions/setup-java from v1.4.1 to 3.5.1 #60, #62, #121.
+  * Bump actions/checkout from 2.3.2 to 3.1.0 #65, #98, #114, #153.
+  * Bump commons-parent from 52 to 58, #147, #165, #170.
+  * Bump junit from 4.13.1 to 5.9.1 #76, #39, #140, #148. Fixes CODEC-285.
+  * Bump Java 7 to 8.
+  * Bump japicmp-maven-plugin from 0.14.3 to 0.17.1.
+  * Bump jacoco-maven-plugin from 0.8.5 to 0.8.8 (Fixes Java 15 builds).
+  * Bump maven-surefire-plugin from 2.22.2 to 3.0.0-M7 #122, #134.
+  * Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.4.1.
+  * Bump animal-sniffer-maven-plugin from 1.19 to 1.22.
+  * Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.13.0 to 3.19.0, #133, #142, #145.
+  * Bump pmd from 6.47.0 to 6.52.0.
+  * Bump maven-checkstyle-plugin from 2.17 to 3.2.0 #143.
+  * Bump checkstyle from 8.45.1 to 9.3 #97, #100, #101, #103.
+  * Bump taglist-maven-plugin from 2.4 to 3.0.0 #102.
+  * Bump jacoco-maven-plugin from 0.8.7 to 0.8.8. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  5 16:01:16 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.spec b/apache-commons-codec.spec
index 00f6e3c..7a3e2e2 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package apache-commons-codec
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2000-2010, JPackage Project
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 %define short_name commons-%{base_name}
 %bcond_with tests
 Name:           apache-commons-codec
-Version:        1.15
+Version:        1.16.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Apache Commons Codec Package
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.8
-BuildRequires:  javapackages-local
+BuildRequires:  javapackages-local >= 6
 Requires:       java >= 1.8
 Provides:       jakarta-%{short_name} = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      jakarta-%{short_name} < %{version}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ln -sf %{short_name}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
 # poms
 # Install pom file
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}
-install -p -m 644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/%{short_name}.pom
+%{mvn_install_pom} pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/%{short_name}.pom
 %add_maven_depmap %{short_name}.pom %{short_name}.jar
 # javadoc
 install -dm 0755 %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
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