[VOL-5246] - branch and release bbsim

docs/
internal/
makefiles/
tests/
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  o Pre-release build #3 - forgot to bump copyright end date on last job.

Change-Id: I84da1b4ad61d9ce46bea1f60ee7f002c93aaf1a2
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1700873..c807441 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.3-dev
+1.16.3