diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7a15bc18..f122d158 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.16.0"
+    ".": "2.16.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 753aee34..907be34a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-datastore/#history
 
+## [2.16.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-datastore/compare/v2.16.0...v2.16.1) (2023-07-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add async context manager return types ([#452](https://github.com/googleapis/python-datastore/issues/452)) ([05f20dc](https://github.com/googleapis/python-datastore/commit/05f20dc54a100413ff7db2376ba353311584e4c8))
+
 ## [2.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-datastore/compare/v2.15.2...v2.16.0) (2023-06-21)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/datastore/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/datastore/gapic_version.py
index f75debd2..da0da672 100644
--- a/google/cloud/datastore/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/datastore/gapic_version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/datastore/version.py b/google/cloud/datastore/version.py
index a93d72c2..61e0c0a8 100644
--- a/google/cloud/datastore/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/datastore/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.16.0"
+__version__ = "2.16.1"
diff --git a/google/cloud/datastore_admin/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/datastore_admin/gapic_version.py
index a2303530..8edfaef7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/datastore_admin/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/datastore_admin/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/datastore_admin_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/datastore_admin_v1/gapic_version.py
index e08f7bb1..8a60bdde 100644
--- a/google/cloud/datastore_admin_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/datastore_admin_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/datastore_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/datastore_v1/gapic_version.py
index e08f7bb1..8a60bdde 100644
--- a/google/cloud/datastore_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/datastore_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.1"  # {x-release-please-version}