diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/.release-please-manifest.json b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/.release-please-manifest.json
index bf6b57154ea8..0d1bebe1cfe4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.5.4"
+  ".": "1.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/CHANGELOG.md
index ff4ae5428782..f625a7e8c3b4 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/compare/v1.5.4...v1.6.0) (2022-12-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for `google.cloud.managedidentities.__version__` ([66d589f](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/66d589f08b034a39250d8c6076a93ae0bb8e63b9))
+* Add typing to proto.Message based class attributes ([66d589f](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/66d589f08b034a39250d8c6076a93ae0bb8e63b9))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add dict typing for client_options ([66d589f](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/66d589f08b034a39250d8c6076a93ae0bb8e63b9))
+* **deps:** Require google-api-core >=1.34.0, >=2.11.0  ([1bfe12b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/1bfe12bd7dd23ba9e0a6e1ea4a5204408e900cc5))
+* Drop usage of pkg_resources ([1bfe12b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/1bfe12bd7dd23ba9e0a6e1ea4a5204408e900cc5))
+* Fix timeout default values ([1bfe12b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/1bfe12bd7dd23ba9e0a6e1ea4a5204408e900cc5))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **samples:** Snippetgen handling of repeated enum field ([66d589f](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/66d589f08b034a39250d8c6076a93ae0bb8e63b9))
+* **samples:** Snippetgen should call await on the operation coroutine before calling result ([1bfe12b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/commit/1bfe12bd7dd23ba9e0a6e1ea4a5204408e900cc5))
+
 ## [1.5.4](https://github.com/googleapis/python-managed-identities/compare/v1.5.3...v1.5.4) (2022-10-07)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities/gapic_version.py
index afd6fcfa0d51..a016bdfe9144 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.5.4"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.6.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities_v1/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities_v1/gapic_version.py
index afd6fcfa0d51..a016bdfe9144 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/google/cloud/managedidentities_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.5.4"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.6.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.managedidentities.v1.json b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.managedidentities.v1.json
index 21e96cde5067..72d3dd14b36b 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.managedidentities.v1.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-managed-identities/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.managedidentities.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-managed-identities",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "1.6.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {