hashicorp/packer v1.16.2

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1.16.2 (October 22, 2026)

BUG FIXES:

• core: fix case-insensitive parsing of generated enum values for configuration
  types and PowerShell execution policies.
  GH-13719

IMPROVEMENTS:

• build: update Go to 1.26.10.
  GH-13728

DEPENDENCIES:

• deps: bump github.com/hashicorp/hcp-sdk-go to v0.176.0.
  GH-13722
• deps: bump github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk in the plugin tester to
  v0.6.13, github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 to v2.25.0, and
  github.com/zclconf/go-cty to v1.19.0; update other dependencies.
  GH-13728
• test/deps: bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk in the plugin tester to
  v1.45.0.
  GH-13709

INTERNAL:

• ci: update pinned GitHub Actions dependencies.
  GH-13720
• ci: bump lock-threads to v6.0.2 so the scheduled workflow can lock issues
  and pull requests.
  GH-13693
• compliance: update copyright headers.
  GH-13718