diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6dfcf702e..cb7a87aa5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version v16.3.0 (released 2024-11-27)
+
+- github: added default license from Github API
+- deposit-ui: fix affiliations rendering during edits
+- github: added custom_fields in metadata extraction
+- github: added optional swhid field to the bibtex export
+- datacite: improve error logging formatting and grouping
+    * Avoids f-strings in logging calls so that entries are easier to be
+      grouped.
+    * Adds exception info to the logged errors.
+- config: added service schema from config
+- requests: manage sending notifications
+
 Version v16.2.0 (released 2024-11-19)
 
 - search: pass search parameters to collection records
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
index 9b3e75a6b..8c4659b42 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 from .ext import InvenioRDMRecords
 
-__version__ = "16.2.0"
+__version__ = "16.3.0"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioRDMRecords")
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema.py b/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema.py
index 1c0b73ebd..da4372df1 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2023 CERN
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 CERN
 #
 # Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema_formats.py b/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema_formats.py
index 159629e6a..0f65f3575 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema_formats.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/resources/serializers/bibtex/schema_formats.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2023 CERN
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 CERN
 #
 # Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/services/github/release.py b/invenio_rdm_records/services/github/release.py
index 568bc91bc..aa89e1380 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/services/github/release.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/services/github/release.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2023 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2023-2024 CERN.
 #
 # Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/services/pids/providers/datacite.py b/invenio_rdm_records/services/pids/providers/datacite.py
index 0255009ed..5995147aa 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/services/pids/providers/datacite.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/services/pids/providers/datacite.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2023 Northwestern University.
 # Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Graz University of Technology.
 #
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/test_fixtures.py b/tests/fixtures/test_fixtures.py
index ecb080f5f..c1a9d567d 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/test_fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/test_fixtures.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2021 Northwestern University.
 #
 # Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/tests/services/pids/providers/test_datacite_pid_provider.py b/tests/services/pids/providers/test_datacite_pid_provider.py
index 281b83c9b..1e721112b 100644
--- a/tests/services/pids/providers/test_datacite_pid_provider.py
+++ b/tests/services/pids/providers/test_datacite_pid_provider.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2024 CERN.
 # Copyright (C) 2023 Northwestern University.
 #
 # Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify