diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ae08ea1a9..0662766e0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "16.12.2"
+  ".": "16.13.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02e0e5bc8..4767bb535 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/release-please?activeTab=versions
 
+## [16.13.0](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v16.12.2...v16.13.0) (2024-09-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Introduce `componentNoSpace` parameter (Removes whitespace character from `${component}` title pattern)  ([#2330](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2330)) ([0a2d5c6](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/commit/0a2d5c6fc53feb01ad66b937bb39c20fa4ba53b0))
+
 ## [16.12.2](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/compare/v16.12.1...v16.12.2) (2024-09-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dd590cb65..6c6e2778f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "16.12.2",
+  "version": "16.13.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "release-please",
-      "version": "16.12.2",
+      "version": "16.13.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@conventional-commits/parser": "^0.4.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 190d3ee0d..0a49a47c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "release-please",
-  "version": "16.12.2",
+  "version": "16.13.0",
   "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 42b7c5604..680af442d 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 = '16.12.2';
+export const VERSION = '16.13.0';
 // x-release-please-end