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From: "release-please[bot]"
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:18:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.16.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md                    | 8 ++++++++
 google/cloud/storage/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2c5af91c..25b6fe162 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-storage/#history
 
+## [2.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0) (2024-03-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for soft delete ([#1229](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1229)) ([3928aa0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/3928aa0680ec03addae1f792c73abb5c9dc8586f))
+* Support includeFoldersAsPrefixes ([#1223](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1223)) ([7bb8065](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/7bb806538cf3d7a5e16390db1983620933d5e51a))
+
 ## [2.15.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v2.14.0...v2.15.0) (2024-02-28)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/version.py b/google/cloud/storage/version.py
index a8381fff6..a93d72c2b 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.15.0"
+__version__ = "2.16.0"