diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-kms/.release-please-manifest.json b/packages/google-cloud-kms/.release-please-manifest.json
index 96a8c91d69f4..7731f20ec866 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-kms/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-kms/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.15.0"
+  ".": "2.16.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-kms/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-kms/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a18273ae465..36755148e96e 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-kms/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-kms/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-kms/#history
 
+## [2.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0) (2023-03-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for Coordinated External Keys ([#382](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/issues/382)) ([3f68192](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/commit/3f681923dee66e30eed91bf5a19485dea19e524e))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix formatting of request arg in docstring ([#385](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/issues/385)) ([94d33c2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/commit/94d33c206d7a06265933359074b61aab94f6be8e))
+
 ## [2.15.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-kms/compare/v2.14.1...v2.15.0) (2023-02-21)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py
index 2788e5e55993..a2303530d547 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.15.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py
index 2788e5e55993..a2303530d547 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-kms/google/cloud/kms_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.15.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.16.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-kms/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json b/packages/google-cloud-kms/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json
index 74fd95f8976a..29c9303b3eac 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-kms/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-kms/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.kms.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-kms",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.16.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {