diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7f201583d..88996d647 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "gapic": "0.1.0",
-  "gapic-common": "0.15.1"
+  "gapic-common": "0.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md b/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md
index f4116a994..6fddcaac7 100644
--- a/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 0.16.0 (2022-12-12)
+
+#### Features
+
+* custom regapic exception wrapping ([#866](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-ruby/issues/866)) 
+
 ### 0.15.1 (2022-11-18)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb b/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb
index 126164831..2bc534ca9 100644
--- a/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb
+++ b/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module Gapic
   module Common
-    VERSION = "0.15.1".freeze
+    VERSION = "0.16.0".freeze
   end
 end