chore(root): bump release-please in the minorandpatch group

Bumps the minorandpatch group with 1 update: [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please).


Updates `release-please` from 16.10.2 to 16.12.0
- [Release notes](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](googleapis/release-please@v16.10.2...v16.12.0)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: release-please
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
  dependency-group: minorandpatch
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>

package.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "@commitlint/cli": "^19.3.0",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.2.2",
     "@commitlint/types": "^19.0.3",
-    "release-please": "^16.10.2"
+    "release-please": "^16.12.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "commitlint:last-commit": "commitlint --from=HEAD~1 --verbose"