From bc219e6ef80666fefcf128386636598297f85a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AWS SDK for Go v2 automation user <aws-sdk-go-v2-github@amazon.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:23:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Release 2023-10-31

---
 .changelog/f4dd83cb73164c29bb798d015428377f.json | 8 --------
 CHANGELOG.md                                     | 6 ++++++
 go_module_metadata.go                            | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .changelog/f4dd83cb73164c29bb798d015428377f.json

diff --git a/.changelog/f4dd83cb73164c29bb798d015428377f.json b/.changelog/f4dd83cb73164c29bb798d015428377f.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b74f2e25..000000000
--- a/.changelog/f4dd83cb73164c29bb798d015428377f.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "id": "f4dd83cb-7316-4c29-bb79-8d015428377f",
-    "type": "feature",
-    "description": "**LANG**: Bump minimum go version to 1.19.",
-    "modules": [
-        "."
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a3540e04..9cca07b55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Release (2023-10-31)
+
+## Module Highlights
+* `github.com/aws/smithy-go`: v1.16.0
+  * **Feature**: **LANG**: Bump minimum go version to 1.19.
+
 # Release (2023-10-06)
 
 ## Module Highlights
diff --git a/go_module_metadata.go b/go_module_metadata.go
index 6b795a2c8..d96be806d 100644
--- a/go_module_metadata.go
+++ b/go_module_metadata.go
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 package smithy
 
 // goModuleVersion is the tagged release for this module
-const goModuleVersion = "1.15.0"
+const goModuleVersion = "1.16.0"