diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 96a8c91d..7731f20e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.15.0"
+  ".": "2.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1663295a..e49234f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-container/#history
 
+## [2.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-container/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0) (2023-01-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add etags for cluster and node pool update operations ([8eeee3b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-container/commit/8eeee3bda1e0eaae6fb375b47cc68b959f9b9feb))
+* Add support for python 3.11 ([8eeee3b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-container/commit/8eeee3bda1e0eaae6fb375b47cc68b959f9b9feb))
+
 ## [2.15.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-container/compare/v2.14.0...v2.15.0) (2023-01-09)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/container/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/container/gapic_version.py
index 2788e5e5..a2303530 100644
--- a/google/cloud/container/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/container/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.15.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/container_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/container_v1/gapic_version.py
index 2788e5e5..a2303530 100644
--- a/google/cloud/container_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/container_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.15.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/container_v1beta1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/container_v1beta1/gapic_version.py
index 2788e5e5..a2303530 100644
--- a/google/cloud/container_v1beta1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/container_v1beta1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.15.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1.json
index 34c1cf39..734fca89 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-container",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.16.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1beta1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1beta1.json
index 15a96218..5036ca36 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1beta1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.container.v1beta1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-container",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.16.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {