Version 2.16.0-24.0.dev

Merge commit '3d1f6a48b79e2cc5a4ee9d2ea3a7a385a3b33eaa' into 'dev'
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index 1bde2b2..f0a8718 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 16
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
+PRERELEASE 24
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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