Release 5.16.1

CHANGES.md

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 # python-socketio change log
 
+**Release 5.16.1** - 2026-02-06
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+- Use configured JSON module in managers [#1549](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/issues/1549) ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/6229261ae6e8c01e675097242e333ee84587a544))
+- Admin UI fixes: remove duplicate tasks, report transport upgrades ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/1c2eab13a92fac9e43663eb0b5f099eb1c40ea5b))
+- Switch to Furo documentation template ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/add47d8c7abca697a2804141bbf29bfb095f7d5e))
+- Add Python free-threading to CI [#1554](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/issues/1554) ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/ccdd2004a038ae4b8171a05120c5d0787332f7ee))
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 **Release 5.16.0** - 2025-12-24
 
 - Address deprecation warnings ([commit](https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/commit/b235699d9b06564753c570b76055997e9d62a938))

pyproject.toml

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 [project]
 name = "python-socketio"
-version = "5.16.1.dev0"
+version = "5.16.1"
 license = {text = "MIT"}
 authors = [
     { name = "Miguel Grinberg", email = "[email protected]" },