From 2ba727eaa6805e74fbfea4a90b45664882c0f91c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:55:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 5.16.3 (#1545)

Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 7 +++++++
 package.json | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38c0493ed..12f6df4cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+### [5.16.3](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v5.16.2...v5.16.3) (2022-01-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* for merging when array/struct chunks contain null ([#1541](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/1541)) ([72871fc](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/72871fca5b67aec3af633484ff70a73be55372be))
+
 ### [5.16.2](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v5.16.1...v5.16.2) (2022-01-17)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3963443cc..50d53a220 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "5.16.2",
+  "version": "5.16.3",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {