diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 2e1cba0a245..b01f09a3f7b 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.16.0
+current_version = 0.16.1a1
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
 	\.(?P<minor>\d+)
 	\.(?P<patch>\d+)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bae764dc731..c6fb58f2761 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## dbt 0.16.1 (Relase date TBD)
+
+### Under the hood
+- Pin google libraries to higher minimum values, add more dependencies as explicit ([#2233](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2233), [#2249](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2249))
+
+
+## dbt 0.16.0 (March 23, 2020)
+
 ## dbt 0.16.0rc4 (March 20, 2020)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/core/dbt/version.py b/core/dbt/version.py
index c9654594812..d71ca2566ca 100644
--- a/core/dbt/version.py
+++ b/core/dbt/version.py
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ def get_version_information():
                 .format(version_msg))
 
 
-__version__ = '0.16.0'
+__version__ = '0.16.1a1'
 installed = get_installed_version()
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 14eb93e1385..462ab0e29d9 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-core"
-package_version = "0.16.0"
+package_version = "0.16.1a1"
 description = """dbt (data build tool) is a command line tool that helps \
 analysts and engineers transform data in their warehouse more effectively"""
 
diff --git a/plugins/bigquery/setup.py b/plugins/bigquery/setup.py
index 1475c3f8694..ef70fc1e332 100644
--- a/plugins/bigquery/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/bigquery/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-bigquery"
-package_version = "0.16.0"
+package_version = "0.16.1a1"
 description = """The bigquery adapter plugin for dbt (data build tool)"""
 
 this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@
     },
     install_requires=[
         'dbt-core=={}'.format(package_version),
-        'google-cloud-core>=1,<=1.3.0',
-        'google-cloud-bigquery>=1.22.0,<1.25.0',
-        # hidden secret dependency: bq 1.23.0 requires this but only documents
-        # 1.10.0 through its dependency chain.
-        # see https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/9965
-        'six>=1.13.0',
+        'google-cloud-core>=1.3.0,<1.4',
+        'google-cloud-bigquery>=1.24.0,<1.25.0',
+        'google-api-core>=1.16.0,<1.17.0',
+        'googleapis-common-protos>=1.6.0,<1.7.0',
+        'six>=1.14.0',
     ],
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[
diff --git a/plugins/postgres/setup.py b/plugins/postgres/setup.py
index 21f99fe0876..03efbc50d38 100644
--- a/plugins/postgres/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/postgres/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _dbt_psycopg2_name():
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-postgres"
-package_version = "0.16.0"
+package_version = "0.16.1a1"
 description = """The postgres adpter plugin for dbt (data build tool)"""
 
 this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/plugins/redshift/setup.py b/plugins/redshift/setup.py
index 4897eeb3954..5125e52fab9 100644
--- a/plugins/redshift/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/redshift/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-redshift"
-package_version = "0.16.0"
+package_version = "0.16.1a1"
 description = """The redshift adapter plugin for dbt (data build tool)"""
 
 this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/plugins/snowflake/setup.py b/plugins/snowflake/setup.py
index 44739ced9a1..55b378e9f1e 100644
--- a/plugins/snowflake/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/snowflake/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 package_name = "dbt-snowflake"
-package_version = "0.16.0"
+package_version = "0.16.1a1"
 description = """The snowflake adapter plugin for dbt (data build tool)"""
 
 this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 15f808ddad8..e393dc4b9a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 package_name = "dbt"
-package_version = "0.16.0"
+package_version = "0.16.1a1"
 description = """With dbt, data analysts and engineers can build analytics \
 the way engineers build applications."""
 
diff --git a/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py b/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
index 59ec5d0445d..e434c772ba3 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_bigquery_adapter.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def test_location_user_agent(self, mock_bq, mock_auth_default):
 
 
 class HasUserAgent:
-    PAT = re.compile(r'dbt-\d+\.\d+\.\d+[a-zA-Z]+\d+')
+    PAT = re.compile(r'dbt-\d+\.\d+\.\d+((a|b|rc)\d+)?')
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
         compare = getattr(other, 'user_agent', '')