diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4eff2f89b..28dd64781 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.1.16](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/compare/v2.1.15...v2.1.16) (2022-02-11)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update actions/github-script action to v6 ([#1051](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1051)) ([be48ac6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/be48ac6856e66187d9e44f4216a66f4b72f27f19))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core to v2.5.3 ([#1049](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1049)) ([3a6d115](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/3a6d11568b6d70c5a950326d02557071fbb5750a))
+
 ### [2.1.15](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/compare/v2.1.14...v2.1.15) (2022-02-10)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
index b6d800f9a..e66f4237f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml b/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
index 540acef28..b2157f4c6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud AutoML</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-automl</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
index c1f0800b3..db04291bd 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 9314f45cc..3a221d488 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.88.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fec43f700..89a8a2e50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud AutoML Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl</url>
   <description>
@@ -62,27 +62,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
index e5e51a14d..06e0bf25a 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 5992356f0..77b8ca9a6 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.88.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index d15d056d6..7f67bda8b 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.1.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 7ab57d15e..fc1ff9e9d 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-automl:2.1.15:2.1.16-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.15:0.88.16-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.15:2.1.16-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.15:0.88.16-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.15:2.1.16-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-automl:2.1.16:2.1.16
+grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.16:0.88.16
+grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.16:2.1.16
+proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.16:0.88.16
+proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.16:2.1.16