From 72b0ab360c3d6635397e8b02f4d3f9f53932e23c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:25:51 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 16.8.0 (#2200)

Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                  | 12 ++++++++++++
 package-lock.json             |  4 ++--
 package.json                  |  2 +-
 src/index.ts                  |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 768fea7be..93c6490d1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.7.1"
+  ".": "16.8.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48e4459c0..6fb57d660 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/release-please?activeTab=versions
 
+## [16.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v16.7.1...v16.8.0) (2024-01-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* set 'version' of composer.json in RootComposerUpdatePackages ([#2201](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2201)) ([00ae8d1](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/commit/00ae8d1c83ef711156f8bac6bde08d1fb80276de))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **php-yoshi:** do not add version to root version map ([#2199](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2199)) ([32a972a](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/commit/32a972aa9ce02fae6ea0aa99c63fcbfb0e03191a))
+
 ## [16.7.1](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v16.7.0...v16.7.1) (2024-01-25)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ec1910d34..6b11577b5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "16.7.1",
+  "version": "16.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "release-please",
-      "version": "16.7.1",
+      "version": "16.8.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@conventional-commits/parser": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4024e285c..9231a2096 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "16.7.1",
+  "version": "16.8.0",
   "description": "generate release PRs based on the conventionalcommits.org spec",
   "main": "./build/src/index.js",
   "bin": "./build/src/bin/release-please.js",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a774da418..7e9226a48 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ export const configSchema = require('../../schemas/config.json');
 export const manifestSchema = require('../../schemas/manifest.json');
 
 // x-release-please-start-version
-export const VERSION = '16.7.1';
+export const VERSION = '16.8.0';
 // x-release-please-end