From e0fe4c22b4d666c38e66d597a5215300c3a7cf42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 13:07:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release stackdriver-core 1.6.0

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

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1552e990d650..38af93e3558d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -767,6 +767,6 @@
   "grafeas-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "stackdriver": "0.21.1",
   "stackdriver+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "stackdriver-core": "1.5.0",
+  "stackdriver-core": "1.6.0",
   "stackdriver-core+FILLER": "0.0.0"
 }
diff --git a/stackdriver-core/CHANGELOG.md b/stackdriver-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ccdbe8317a3..068fb5a3b767 100644
--- a/stackdriver-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/stackdriver-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.6.0 (2024-03-06)
+
+#### Features
+
+* Update minimum supported Ruby version to 2.7 ([#25298](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/25298)) 
+
 ### 1.5.0 / 2021-03-10
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/stackdriver-core/lib/stackdriver/core/version.rb b/stackdriver-core/lib/stackdriver/core/version.rb
index ea4440cf97b5..a87fc1243a14 100644
--- a/stackdriver-core/lib/stackdriver/core/version.rb
+++ b/stackdriver-core/lib/stackdriver/core/version.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 
 module Stackdriver
   module Core
-    VERSION = "1.5.0".freeze
+    VERSION = "1.6.0".freeze
   end
 end