diff --git a/java-automl/CHANGELOG.md b/java-automl/CHANGELOG.md
index cef3498852d8..031bc4db8eec 100644
--- a/java-automl/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-automl/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.16](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/compare/v2.3.15...v2.3.16) (2022-10-04)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* [owlbot-java] samples do not need deploy plugin and deps upgrade ([#1583](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1583)) ([#1265](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1265)) ([b110b30](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/b110b30423aec31cbd644cfb7423a7183908355b))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core to v2.8.17 ([#1272](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1272)) ([e656904](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/e656904069b525e70196af36548705ba747ef776))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core to v2.8.18 ([#1274](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1274)) ([020ac8f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/020ac8f037cafbb5b333dbe79870b910db029622))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core to v2.8.19 ([#1276](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1276)) ([2b96eef](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/2b96eef76689e6c050b11cabe2da5eb4344f92d7))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v3.0.4 ([#1278](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1278)) ([35a7c25](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/35a7c25b12a9b5a081f31222263d514eea6a0ad0))
+
 ## [2.3.15](https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl/compare/v2.3.14...v2.3.15) (2022-09-27)
 
 
diff --git a/java-automl/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml b/java-automl/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
index 251903217fa6..0e6ba5b1934d 100644
--- a/java-automl/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.90.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.90.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.90.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.90.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/java-automl/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml b/java-automl/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
index 0a987e1dcb23..0e0d28ec2566 100644
--- a/java-automl/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud AutoML</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-automl</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml b/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
index a3204b52f141..0859be8ff09a 100644
--- a/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml b/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
index b1323fbcbd45..37e3f1ddb02f 100644
--- a/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.90.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.90.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-automl/pom.xml b/java-automl/pom.xml
index 4215948c9c52..fa2b8cf9d894 100644
--- a/java-automl/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud AutoML Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl</url>
   <description>
@@ -62,27 +62,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.90.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.90.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.90.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.90.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml b/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
index 9424cc9f67d0..ecff8e896c94 100644
--- a/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml b/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
index b11bc09287f8..48d44d66bf1a 100644
--- a/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.90.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.90.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.16</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-automl/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/java-automl/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 5a4396cc06dd..6e62c85d0441 100644
--- a/java-automl/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/java-automl/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.3.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-automl/versions.txt b/java-automl/versions.txt
index aae7504546a4..6e69ef52665b 100644
--- a/java-automl/versions.txt
+++ b/java-automl/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-automl:2.3.15:2.3.16-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.90.15:0.90.16-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.3.15:2.3.16-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.90.15:0.90.16-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.3.15:2.3.16-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-automl:2.3.16:2.3.16
+grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.90.16:0.90.16
+grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.3.16:2.3.16
+proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.90.16:0.90.16
+proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.3.16:2.3.16