diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52ab82b5..b1231dfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.1.6](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/compare/v2.1.5...v2.1.6) (2021-11-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **java:** java 17 dependency arguments ([#1266](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/1266)) ([#562](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/562)) ([5a8ce2e](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/5a8ce2e13aad83d5eb7dba256559238d60a3d89d))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **samples:** update AWS sample due to API changes ([#576](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/576)) ([e5907fe](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/e5907fe5b33ebabd17e3a1c6ccbd646c8ffaa217)), closes [#571](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/571)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.5.0 ([#577](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/577)) ([8337fff](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/8337fff6f67dce7c1d43f7d77fb571e8db4da1e7))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util to v3.19.1 ([#560](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/560)) ([b90c49f](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/b90c49fda9f29bd4e1c55fece6a0f5fae7c85dcf))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util to v3.19.1 ([#574](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/574)) ([a7f2a79](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/a7f2a79e355ae1a176d26aa6092a3c27e142bc5f))
+
 ### [2.1.5](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/compare/v2.1.4...v2.1.5) (2021-10-19)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
index 22916cb5..f0b0df16 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
index 7e5ee63d..2f41d626 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
index 2cd51237..f7e9a8c9 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 07ca63d5..8eac5dd8 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.9.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37f5273d..64c3b3c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection</url>
   <description>
@@ -62,27 +62,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
index 5678dbf6..c9c8ac75 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 6e3ee379..a566e486 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.9.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 83e81fc8..6e66ee0b 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.1.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index fb1276f6..9d6db569 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.1.5:2.1.6-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.5:2.1.6-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.5:0.9.6-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.5:2.1.6-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.5:0.9.6-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.1.6:2.1.6
+grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.6:2.1.6
+grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.6:0.9.6
+proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.6:2.1.6
+proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.6:0.9.6