chore(main): release 1.16.0

Author: release-please[bot]

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ Older versions of this project were distributed as [pybigquery][0].
 [2]: https://pypi.org/project/pybigquery/#history
 
 
+## [1.16.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.15.0...v1.16.0) (2025-07-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Remove python 3.8 support ([#1215](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/issues/1215)) ([632d6ef](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/commit/632d6ef024bdd1dcb4206e2b111063f79f29b7ba))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.14.1...v1.15.0) (2025-06-18)
 
 

sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py

@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "1.15.0"
+__version__ = "1.16.0"