From 900c8434a420bd68cb498ff3ac1c7ecc472992dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:33:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 7.16.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md         | 7 +++++++
 package.json         | 2 +-
 samples/package.json | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 68af50868..92bbdff7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [7.16.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.16.0...v7.16.1) (2024-11-15)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Span events Issue 2166 ([#2184](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/2184)) ([97ed577](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/97ed5776dbdf5e90f8398fffea08e2a968045f9b))
+
 ## [7.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.15.0...v7.16.0) (2024-11-09)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f880bd82..c38e0f6b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "7.16.0",
+  "version": "7.16.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 82383126f..baeaaa194 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/kms": "^4.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/precise-date": "^4.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.16.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.16.1",
     "protobufjs": "^7.0.0",
     "yargs": "^17.0.0"
   },