diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 31d0bcd9533c..8402d5e8ab03 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "auth/oauth2adapt": "0.2.1",
   "bigquery": "1.60.0",
   "bigtable": "1.22.0",
-  "datastore": "1.15.0",
+  "datastore": "1.16.0",
   "errorreporting": "0.3.0",
   "firestore": "1.15.0",
   "logging": "1.9.0",
diff --git a/datastore/CHANGES.md b/datastore/CHANGES.md
index f62ee598a232..f1d2d3ddbac1 100644
--- a/datastore/CHANGES.md
+++ b/datastore/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.15.0...datastore/v1.16.0) (2024-04-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **datastore:** Adding BeginLater and transaction state ([#8984](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8984)) ([5f8e21f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/5f8e21f84f0febd54e7ee6092ae6b88b269b0fc8))
+* **datastore:** Adding reserve IDs support ([#9027](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9027)) ([2d66de0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/2d66de0c3004ca09d643c373d40e9e0f9e0f1aa5))
+* **datastore:** Configure both mTLS and TLS endpoints for Datastore client ([#9653](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9653)) ([38bd793](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/38bd7933f450a87886331429632fcb498a045675))
+* **datastore:** Respect DATASTORE_EMULATOR_HOST setting ([#9789](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9789)) ([7259373](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/7259373371e74cb4f7041f9397ba01dd9878b00b))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **datastore:** Add explicit sleep before read time use ([#9080](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9080)) ([0538be4](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0538be457518f7b86ffcabcbad35496f053f38cc))
+* **datastore:** Adding tracing to run method ([#9602](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9602)) ([a5e197c](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/a5e197c78cb112836768f012c7ee4535dec8b9f5))
+* **datastore:** Bump x/net to v0.24.0 ([ba31ed5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ba31ed5fda2c9664f2e1cf972469295e63deb5b4))
+* **datastore:** Enable universe domain resolution options ([fd1d569](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/fd1d56930fa8a747be35a224611f4797b8aeb698))
+* **datastore:** Prevent panic on GetMulti failure ([#9656](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9656)) ([55845ad](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/55845ad9215191f1889b10d10fa72c9a42815d41))
+* **datastore:** Update protobuf dep to v1.33.0 ([30b038d](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/30b038d8cac0b8cd5dd4761c87f3f298760dd33a))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.14.0...datastore/v1.15.0) (2023-10-06)
 
 
@@ -181,6 +201,3 @@
 
 This is the first tag to carve out datastore as its own module. See:
 https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules#is-it-possible-to-add-a-module-to-a-multi-module-repository.
-
-
-
diff --git a/datastore/internal/version.go b/datastore/internal/version.go
index 43a2a84ef8eb..b82e17a1938d 100644
--- a/datastore/internal/version.go
+++ b/datastore/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.15.0"
+const Version = "1.16.0"