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-chore: upgrade otel to 0.87.0-sumo-0
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 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## [v3.16.1]
+
+### Released 2023-10-20
+
+### Changed
+
+- chore: upgrade otel to 0.87.0-sumo-0 [#3334]
+
+[#3334]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-collection/pull/3334
+[v3.16.1]: https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-collection/releases/v3.16.1
+
 ## [v3.16.0]
 
 ### Released 2023-10-18