Update 1.16.1 in version.py and RELEASE.md (#262)

* Mark tfdv compatible wih Protobuf v26+.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 686150589

* Update 1.16.1 in version.py

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Co-authored-by: tf-data-validation-team <tensorflow-extended-nonhuman@googlegroups.com>

RELEASE.md

@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+# Version 1.16.1
+
+## Major Features and Improvements
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Bug Fixes and Other Changes
+
+*   Relax dependency on Protobuf to include version 5.x
+
+## Known Issues
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+*   N/A
+
+## Deprecations
+
+*   N/A
+
 # Version 1.16.0
 
 ## Major Features and Improvements
@@ -19,4 +41,3 @@
 ## Deprecations
 
 *   N/A
-

setup.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def select_constraint(default, nightly=None, git_master=None):
         'joblib>=1.2.0',  # Dependency for multi-processing.
         'numpy>=1.22.0',
         'pandas>=1.0,<2',
-        'protobuf>=4.25.2,<5;python_version>="3.11"',
+        'protobuf>=4.25.2,<6;python_version>="3.11"',
         'protobuf>=3.20.3,<5;python_version<"3.11"',
         'pyarrow>=10,<11',
         'pyfarmhash>=0.2.2,<0.4',

tensorflow_data_validation/version.py

@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 """Contains the version string of TFDV."""
 
 # Note that setup.py uses this version.
-__version__ = '1.16.0'
+__version__ = '1.16.1'