diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2cf6ce64..0b78e41c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.16](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/compare/v2.3.15...v2.3.16) (2022-10-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update protobuf to v3.21.7 ([2cf31ab](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/commit/2cf31abf50b2e4e6670a6fc0e8d8d97c6d047764))
+
 ## [2.3.15](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/compare/v2.3.14...v2.3.15) (2022-10-03)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml
index b1199532..56c40353 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml
index 76bb863c..782c48a4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery DataTransfer</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
index 985669b8..a20a940f 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbf3f190..c0a97db4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery DataTransfer Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer</url>
   <description>
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
index 14800f3c..a4f82293 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 290d0e4f..c611a3eb 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.3.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 9f8c2b13..33e58aba 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:2.3.15:2.3.16-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:2.3.15:2.3.16-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:2.3.15:2.3.16-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:2.3.16:2.3.16
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:2.3.16:2.3.16
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:2.3.16:2.3.16