diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f730fdb9c56..d54b4dc46676 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0) (2022-07-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add audience parameter ([0dd5a10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/commit/0dd5a10e39a8e52ac4f82d0f602b6a8fac76d607))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** require google-api-core>=1.32.0,>=2.8.0 ([#229](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/issues/229)) ([0dd5a10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/commit/0dd5a10e39a8e52ac4f82d0f602b6a8fac76d607))
+* require python 3.7+ ([#231](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/issues/231)) ([740194d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/commit/740194d60af8f598e7cdc942e0ff0c0ed7ca9b1b))
+
 ## [1.5.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.1) (2022-06-07)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py
index 60772c6cf2ce..4bdde390e0e4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import setuptools  # type: ignore
 
-version = "1.5.1"
+version = "1.6.0"
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))