diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f01d292af3e..424903c1a90f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-securitycenter/#history
 
+## [1.16.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-securitycenter/compare/v1.16.0...v1.16.1) (2022-10-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Require protobuf >= 3.20.2 ([#395](https://github.com/googleapis/python-securitycenter/issues/395)) ([8338fbf](https://github.com/googleapis/python-securitycenter/commit/8338fbff75e4641c509bdd282ce5f7babedc4274))
+
 ## [1.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-securitycenter/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0) (2022-09-15)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/setup.py
index ae0003eff97f..f71385ec0815 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-securitycenter/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-securitycenter"
 description = "Cloud Security Command Center API client library"
-version = "1.16.0"
+version = "1.16.1"
 release_status = "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable"
 dependencies = [
     "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.32.0, <3.0.0dev,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.*,!=2.4.*,!=2.5.*,!=2.6.*,!=2.7.*",