diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 0b67af4d024..b347ac48442 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "datastore": "1.10.0",
   "errorreporting": "0.3.0",
   "firestore": "1.9.0",
-  "logging": "1.6.0",
+  "logging": "1.6.1",
   "profiler": "0.3.1",
   "pubsub": "1.27.0",
   "pubsublite": "1.5.0",
diff --git a/logging/CHANGES.md b/logging/CHANGES.md
index 928f7ff84b3..c62dd3cc7df 100644
--- a/logging/CHANGES.md
+++ b/logging/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/logging/v1.6.0...logging/v1.6.1) (2022-12-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **logging:** downgrade some dependencies ([7540152](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/754015236d5af7c82a75da218b71a87b9ead6eb5))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/logging/v1.5.0...logging/v1.6.0) (2022-11-29)
 
 
diff --git a/logging/internal/version.go b/logging/internal/version.go
index 05d3396f100..b819fa786d1 100644
--- a/logging/internal/version.go
+++ b/logging/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.6.0"
+const Version = "1.6.1"