From 3ae64c8edd771ceedb62f1d0a8e64ae313491712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Mark S. Lewis" <mark_lewis@uk.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:18:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Release version 2.2.16

Signed-off-by: Mark S. Lewis <mark_lewis@uk.ibm.com>
---
 package.json              |  4 ++--
 release_notes/v2.2.16.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 release_notes/v2.2.16.txt

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16f5b5041..4c53b17c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "fabric-sdk-node",
-  "version": "2.2.16-snapshot",
-  "tag": "unstable-2.2",
+  "version": "2.2.16",
+  "tag": "latest",
   "main": "index.js",
   "private": true,
   "repository": {
diff --git a/release_notes/v2.2.16.txt b/release_notes/v2.2.16.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88fa8f0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_notes/v2.2.16.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Release Notes
+-------------
+This v2.2.16 version is the latest of the v2.2 long-term support (LTS) release
+of the fabric-node-sdk packages that support Fabric 2.x, and supersedes previous
+v2.x releases. Please see the Fabric LTS release strategy document for more
+information on LTS releases:
+
+https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-rfcs/blob/main/text/0005-lts-release-strategy.md
+
+This is a maintenance release containing the following changes:
+
+- Downgrade nano dependency (used only for CouchDB wallets) to maintain
+  compatibility with Node 10 and 12.
+- Add support for Node 18 LTS.