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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 12:47:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.16.1 (#453)

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---
 google-cloud-speech/CHANGELOG.md | 7 +++++++
 google-cloud-speech/setup.py     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-speech/CHANGELOG.md
index 4cf0230dc761..b34e44311421 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-speech/#history
 
+## [2.16.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-speech/compare/v2.16.0...v2.16.1) (2022-10-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove SpeechHelpers from STT V2 client library ([#452](https://github.com/googleapis/python-speech/issues/452)) ([acfb24f](https://github.com/googleapis/python-speech/commit/acfb24f69e25c369388675f08e41062f090b4817))
+
 ## [2.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-speech/compare/v2.15.1...v2.16.0) (2022-10-03)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech/setup.py b/google-cloud-speech/setup.py
index 3aa1b2fbae19..c38fc8351c50 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech/setup.py
+++ b/google-cloud-speech/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-speech"
 description = "Google Cloud Speech API client library"
-version = "2.16.0"
+version = "2.16.1"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'