From f0c4d94e758d9c799024c31067b568653146c0aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 13:19:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release google-cloud-core 1.6.1 (#23631)

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                      | 2 +-
 google-cloud-core/CHANGELOG.md                     | 6 ++++++
 google-cloud-core/lib/google/cloud/core/version.rb | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7e84af6d9cd3..6c7e6bc06a3c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   "google-cloud-container_analysis+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-container_analysis-v1": "0.8.0",
   "google-cloud-container_analysis-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-core": "1.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-core": "1.6.1",
   "google-cloud-core+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-data_catalog": "1.4.0",
   "google-cloud-data_catalog+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 55aa2cfd91cd..d20c0783a98c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.6.1 (2023-12-05)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* Allow dependency on google-cloud-env 2.x ([#23626](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/23626)) 
+
 ### 1.6.0 / 2021-03-10
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/lib/google/cloud/core/version.rb b/google-cloud-core/lib/google/cloud/core/version.rb
index 9042d31ddaf1..a9d3fcd9f51c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/lib/google/cloud/core/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-core/lib/google/cloud/core/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Core
-      VERSION = "1.6.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.6.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end