diff --git a/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml b/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml
index 015cbb61e4a0..75945c09e751 100644
--- a/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version = "2.15.*"
+version = "2.16.*"
 upstream-repository = "https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-python"
diff --git a/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/aws_xray_sdk/core/utils/redaction.pyi b/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/aws_xray_sdk/core/utils/redaction.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a70188d3496c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/aws-xray-sdk/aws_xray_sdk/core/utils/redaction.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Final
+
+REDACTED: Final = "REDACTED"
+
+def mask(text: str) -> str: ...