diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a45af478..0a56ab91 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 			    -->
 			    <!-- 30-Sep-2023, wrongwrong: For 2.16, compare to 2.15.2 baseline
 			    -->
-                            <version>2.15.2</version>
+                            <version>2.16.0</version>
                             <type>jar</type>
                         </dependency>
                     </oldVersion>
@@ -232,12 +232,9 @@
                         <breakBuildOnSourceIncompatibleModifications>true</breakBuildOnSourceIncompatibleModifications>
                         <excludes>
                 <!-- public -->
-                          <!-- options added -->
-                          <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule</exclude>
+                          <!-- removed -->
+                          <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.SequenceSerializer</exclude>
                 <!-- internal -->
-                          <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinNamesAnnotationIntrospector</exclude>
-                          <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinAnnotationIntrospector</exclude>
-                          <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinDeserializers</exclude>
                         </excludes>
                     </parameter>
                 </configuration>