diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 033bbec92..01e7a86d8 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
   </properties>
   <body>
   <release version="3.16.1" date="YYYY-MM-DD" description="This is a feature and maintenance release. Java 8 or later is required.">
+    <!-- ADD -->
+    <action                   type="add" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Make RandomUtils.insecure() public.</action>
     <!-- UPDATE -->
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory, Dependabot">Bump org.hamcrest:hamcrest from 2.2 to 3.0 #1255.</action>
   </release>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/RandomUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/RandomUtils.java
index 5a5851419..219afa5a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/RandomUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/RandomUtils.java
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ public class RandomUtils {
      * @return the singleton instance based on {@link ThreadLocalRandom#current()}.
      * @see ThreadLocalRandom#current()
      * @see #secure()
-     * @since 3.16.0
+     * @since 3.17.0
      */
-    static RandomUtils insecure() {
+    public static RandomUtils insecure() {
         return INSECURE;
     }
 
