diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7731f20e..34fa4a6a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.16.0"
+  ".": "2.16.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36755148..df9c67b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-kms/#history
 
+## [2.16.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/compare/v2.16.0...v2.16.1) (2023-03-28)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Publish the API comment changes related to supporting different hash functions/values for ECDSA signing ([#386](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/issues/386)) ([c45e891](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/commit/c45e8914fe198abf5767727103fb1832cca645dc))
+
 ## [2.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0) (2023-03-23)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py
index a2303530..8edfaef7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py
index a2303530..8edfaef7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json
index 74fd95f8..f59bbd3d 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-kms",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.16.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {