diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 1309a5eb..a959a5b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "*"
       - "feature/**"
+env:
+  ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
 
 jobs:
   Get-CI-Image-Tag:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 3d0b81ad..5b5e04ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@master
         with:
-          args: --accept=200,403,429  **/*.html **/*.md **/*.txt **/*.json
+          args: --accept=200,403,429  **/*.html **/*.md **/*.txt **/*.json --exclude "https://test.com/db.zip" --exclude "http://localhost:8001/country/country.zip" --exclude "http://localhost:8001/city/city.zip"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
       - name: Fail if there were link errors
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_security.yml b/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
index d7e053af..92f8b0d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ on:
     branches:
       - "*"
       - "feature/**"
+env:
+  ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
 
 jobs:
   Build-ad:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ 11,17,21 ]
+        java: [ 21 ]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
       fail-fast: true
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e0ac9a6..e27b9e4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ See the [CONTRIBUTING guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md#Changelog) for instructions on ho
 ### Maintenance
 ### Refactoring
 
-## [Unreleased 2.x](https://github.com/opensearch-project/geospatial/compare/2.15...2.x)
+## [Unreleased 2.x](https://github.com/opensearch-project/geospatial/compare/2.16...2.x)
 ### Features
 ### Enhancements
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-geospatial.release-notes-2.16.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-geospatial.release-notes-2.16.0.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bedb4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-geospatial.release-notes-2.16.0.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Version 2.16.0.0 Release Notes
+
+Compatible with OpenSearch 2.16.0
\ No newline at end of file