diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/CHANGELOG.md
index 6fe5c5e9d21e..fa938c8dc7b3 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-assured-workloads/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2022-10-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Allow protobuf 3.19.5 ([#209](https://github.com/googleapis/python-assured-workloads/issues/209)) ([a420318](https://github.com/googleapis/python-assured-workloads/commit/a420318a79c80e0be11c335475f8f759df92a93f))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-assured-workloads/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2022-10-03)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/setup.py
index 94742196ed40..62b957066b29 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-assured-workloads/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))