release: 2.16.0

Author: stainless-app[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.15.0"
+  ".": "2.16.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.16.0 (2026-02-21)
+
+Full Changelog: [v2.15.0...v2.16.0](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0)
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** change array_format to brackets ([f9eef6e](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/commit/f9eef6ecfdfc0e4ab88a089814412ff0cbf2b04c))
+* **api:** remove publishing section from cli target ([f802cb0](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/commit/f802cb0b4cffaaf618c51c630b61275c888d742f))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* additional structured outputs documentation ([#302](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/issues/302)) ([3b1f131](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/commit/3b1f131312954856ecdaa66f06741e1e5f86d81d))
+
 ## 2.15.0 (2026-02-19)
 
 Full Changelog: [v2.14.0...v2.15.0](https://github.com/anthropics/anthropic-sdk-java/compare/v2.14.0...v2.15.0)

README.md

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 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.anthropic/anthropic-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.15.0)
-[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.15.0/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.15.0)
+[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.anthropic/anthropic-java)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.16.0)
+[![javadoc](https://javadoc.io/badge2/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.16.0/javadoc.svg)](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.16.0)
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
 The Anthropic Java SDK provides convenient access to the [Anthropic REST API](https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/reference/) from applications written in Java.
 
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
-The REST API documentation can be found on [docs.anthropic.com](https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/reference/). Javadocs are available on [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.15.0).
+The REST API documentation can be found on [docs.anthropic.com](https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/reference/). Javadocs are available on [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/doc/com.anthropic/anthropic-java/2.16.0).
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The REST API documentation can be found on [docs.anthropic.com](https://docs.ant
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java:2.15.0")
+implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java:2.16.0")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java:2.15.0")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.anthropic</groupId>
   <artifactId>anthropic-java</artifactId>
-  <version>2.15.0</version>
+  <version>2.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ requires the `anthropic-java-bedrock` library dependency.
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-bedrock:2.15.0")
+implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-bedrock:2.16.0")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-bedrock:2.15.0")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.anthropic</groupId>
   <artifactId>anthropic-java-bedrock</artifactId>
-  <version>2.15.0</version>
+  <version>2.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ This support requires the `anthropic-java-vertex` library dependency.
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-vertex:2.15.0")
+implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-vertex:2.16.0")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-vertex:2.15.0")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.anthropic</groupId>
   <artifactId>anthropic-java-vertex</artifactId>
-  <version>2.15.0</version>
+  <version>2.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ requires the `anthropic-java-foundry` library dependency.
 ### Gradle
 
 ```kotlin
-implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-foundry:2.15.0")
+implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-foundry:2.16.0")
 ```
 
 ### Maven
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ implementation("com.anthropic:anthropic-java-foundry:2.15.0")
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.anthropic</groupId>
   <artifactId>anthropic-java-foundry</artifactId>
-  <version>2.15.0</version>
+  <version>2.16.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

build.gradle.kts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repositories {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "com.anthropic"
-    version = "2.15.0" // x-release-please-version
+    version = "2.16.0" // x-release-please-version
 }
 
 subprojects {