diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 307125f761..b72791ed0b 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.17.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
-
-### Features Added
-
-### Breaking Changes
+## 1.16.2 (2026-01-16)
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
 - [[#6817]](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp/issues/6817) Fix CPU spinning when curl_easy_send returns 0 bytes on SSL socket writes. (A community contribution, courtesy of _[harshitkr12](https://github.com/harshitkr12)_)
 
-### Other Changes
-
 ### Acknowledgments
 
 Thank you to our developer community members who helped to make Azure Core better with their contributions to this release:
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/private/package_version.hpp b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/private/package_version.hpp
index 99f903c21a..ea33a96e0e 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/src/private/package_version.hpp
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/src/private/package_version.hpp
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_MINOR 17
-#define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_PRERELEASE "beta.1"
+#define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_MINOR 16
+#define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_PATCH 2
+#define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_PRERELEASE ""
 
 #define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_ITOA_HELPER(i) #i
 #define AZURE_CORE_VERSION_ITOA(i) AZURE_CORE_VERSION_ITOA_HELPER(i)
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
index ea1451e72c..a5133507f5 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.14.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
-
-### Features Added
-
-### Breaking Changes
+## 1.13.3 (2026-01-16)
 
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
-- Fixed issue #[6897](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp/issues/6897): `DefaultAzureCredential` access violates if cast to a `TokenCredential` reference.
-
-### Other Changes
+- [[#6897]](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp/issues/6897) `DefaultAzureCredential` causes an access violation if cast to a `TokenCredential` reference.
 
 ## 1.13.2 (2025-10-02)
 
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/private/package_version.hpp b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/private/package_version.hpp
index 2dadb0733a..93d361421c 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/private/package_version.hpp
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/src/private/package_version.hpp
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 
 #define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_MINOR 14
-#define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_PATCH 0
-#define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_PRERELEASE "beta.1"
+#define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_MINOR 13
+#define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_PRERELEASE ""
 
 #define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_ITOA_HELPER(i) #i
 #define AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_ITOA(i) AZURE_IDENTITY_VERSION_ITOA_HELPER(i)
diff --git a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
index 1377c75bcd..c2be0e9e2e 100644
--- a/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
+++ b/sdk/identity/azure-identity/vcpkg/vcpkg.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     {
       "name": "azure-core-cpp",
       "default-features": false,
-      "version>=": "1.16.0"
+      "version>=": "1.16.2"
     },
     {
       "name": "openssl",