increment $VERSION after 6.16 release

Author: oalders

Changes

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Release history for LWP-Protocol-https
 
+{{$NEXT}}
+
 6.16      2026-07-23 03:48:07Z
     - Remove undeclared Try::Tiny dependency from t/diag.t, which could cause
       the test suite to fail to install on minimal perls (GH#96) (Olaf Alders)

Makefile.PL

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     "Test::RequiresInternet" => 0,
     "warnings" => 0
   },
-  "VERSION" => "6.16",
+  "VERSION" => "6.17",
   "test" => {
     "TESTS" => "t/*.t"
   }

lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package LWP::Protocol::https;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-our $VERSION = '6.16';
+our $VERSION = '6.17';
 
 use parent qw(LWP::Protocol::http);
 require Net::HTTPS;