From 9d42ad70862cd24579df5c4522142e7204e66dc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:47:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore(main): release google-cloud-trace-v1 1.6.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                         |  2 +-
 google-cloud-trace-v1/CHANGELOG.md                    | 11 +++++++++++
 .../lib/google/cloud/trace/v1/version.rb              |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e653c17247e5..bf5ce57f9c0d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
   "google-cloud-tpu-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-trace": "0.45.0",
   "google-cloud-trace+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-trace-v1": "1.5.1",
+  "google-cloud-trace-v1": "1.6.0",
   "google-cloud-trace-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-trace-v2": "1.4.1",
   "google-cloud-trace-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-trace-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-trace-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index d3cd8569b611..7e1e009f8db9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-trace-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-trace-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.6.0 (2026-03-31)
+
+#### Features
+
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and required dependencies for Ruby v4.0 ([#32849](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32849)) 
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and required dependencies for Ruby v4.0 ([#32851](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32851)) 
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and required dependencies for Ruby v4.0 ([#32853](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32853)) 
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and required dependencies for Ruby v4.0 ([#32854](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32854)) 
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and required dependencies for Ruby v4.0 ([#32855](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32855)) 
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and required dependencies for Ruby v4.0 ([#32866](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32866)) 
+
 ### 1.5.1 (2025-10-27)
 
 #### Documentation
diff --git a/google-cloud-trace-v1/lib/google/cloud/trace/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-trace-v1/lib/google/cloud/trace/v1/version.rb
index 3905bf563f7d..1ea7f52c31b6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-trace-v1/lib/google/cloud/trace/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-trace-v1/lib/google/cloud/trace/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Trace
       module V1
-        VERSION = "1.5.1"
+        VERSION = "1.6.0"
       end
     end
   end

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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:51:38 +0000
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---
 .../snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1.json         | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/google-cloud-trace-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1.json b/google-cloud-trace-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1.json
index 3161c4454a63..6c7f1f00228d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-trace-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1.json
+++ b/google-cloud-trace-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.devtools.cloudtrace.v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-trace-v1",
-    "version": "1.5.1",
+    "version": "1.6.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {