diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2080582ef39..395b58bef9c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "packages/cron-utils": "5.0.0",
   "packages/datastore-lock": "6.0.0",
   "packages/flakybot": "1.2.2",
-  "packages/gcf-utils": "16.2.0",
+  "packages/gcf-utils": "16.2.1",
   "packages/git-file-utils": "2.0.0",
   "packages/issue-utils": "4.0.0",
   "packages/label-utils": "5.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/gcf-utils/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/gcf-utils/CHANGELOG.md
index cf0f4f9ed2c..d685dde6ffd 100644
--- a/packages/gcf-utils/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/gcf-utils/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ See [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org) for commit guideline
 
 
 
+## [16.2.1](https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/compare/gcf-utils-v16.2.0...gcf-utils-v16.2.1) (2024-11-26)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* set default taskTargetName based on runtime environment ([#5585](https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/issues/5585)) ([53ab7ec](https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/commit/53ab7ecb05492b8f3cf46f0a77fbd88727dfffb0))
+
 ## [16.2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/compare/gcf-utils-v16.1.1...gcf-utils-v16.2.0) (2024-11-25)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/gcf-utils/package-lock.json b/packages/gcf-utils/package-lock.json
index abfc84efa49..c00205225d3 100644
--- a/packages/gcf-utils/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/gcf-utils/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "gcf-utils",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "gcf-utils",
-      "version": "16.2.0",
+      "version": "16.2.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@google-cloud/run": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/gcf-utils/package.json b/packages/gcf-utils/package.json
index 337a50871f5..4f104a42c93 100644
--- a/packages/gcf-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/gcf-utils/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gcf-utils",
-  "version": "16.2.0",
+  "version": "16.2.1",
   "description": "An extension for running Probot in Google Cloud Functions",
   "scripts": {
     "compile": "tsc -p .",