From 4e31340fe2aece3153a696720b1ee1c314d059d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:03:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 16.5.0 (#2165)

Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .release-please-manifest.json | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 7 +++++++
 package-lock.json             | 4 ++--
 package.json                  | 2 +-
 src/index.ts                  | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 68374e9dd..e939c5a5a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.4.1"
+  ".": "16.5.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ddb8667f9..1dc3e2e00 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/release-please?activeTab=versions
 
+## [16.5.0](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v16.4.1...v16.5.0) (2023-12-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* export current release-please version as VERSION constant ([#2159](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2159)) ([264af84](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/commit/264af8412faa20b818516efba0bb847720fc0d2a))
+
 ## [16.4.1](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v16.4.0...v16.4.1) (2023-12-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0bcb5535e..4f25ef9b0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "16.4.1",
+  "version": "16.5.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "release-please",
-      "version": "16.4.1",
+      "version": "16.5.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@conventional-commits/parser": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 139874521..8ee3f9b96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "16.4.1",
+  "version": "16.5.0",
   "description": "generate release PRs based on the conventionalcommits.org spec",
   "main": "./build/src/index.js",
   "bin": "./build/src/bin/release-please.js",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index fff6ef1b8..f722baa71 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ export const configSchema = require('../../schemas/config.json');
 export const manifestSchema = require('../../schemas/manifest.json');
 
 // x-release-please-start-version
-export const VERSION = '16.4.0';
+export const VERSION = '16.5.0';
 // x-release-please-end