diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/.release-please-manifest.json b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0d1bebe1cfe4..093be7e34213 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.6.0"
+  ".": "1.6.1"
 }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/CHANGELOG.md
index 22c067bd7c83..1e63dec9fb19 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-apigee-connect/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2022-12-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Require google-api-core >=1.34.0, >=2.11.0  ([15ed1e8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-apigee-connect/commit/15ed1e868a37c5818e137a0f95e8a48bed6d4cd9))
+* Drop usage of pkg_resources ([15ed1e8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-apigee-connect/commit/15ed1e868a37c5818e137a0f95e8a48bed6d4cd9))
+* Fix timeout default values ([15ed1e8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-apigee-connect/commit/15ed1e868a37c5818e137a0f95e8a48bed6d4cd9))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **samples:** Snippetgen should call await on the operation coroutine before calling result ([15ed1e8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-apigee-connect/commit/15ed1e868a37c5818e137a0f95e8a48bed6d4cd9))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-apigee-connect/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2022-11-16)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect/gapic_version.py
index a016bdfe9144..b4028abe1b7a 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.6.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.6.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect_v1/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect_v1/gapic_version.py
index a016bdfe9144..b4028abe1b7a 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/google/cloud/apigeeconnect_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.6.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.6.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.apigeeconnect.v1.json b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.apigeeconnect.v1.json
index b8c1a4c55ebc..fec967e5c3f8 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.apigeeconnect.v1.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-apigee-connect/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.apigeeconnect.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-apigee-connect",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "1.6.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {