diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32a67c5a..c77af772 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-logging?activeTab=versions
 
 
+## [10.3.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-logging/compare/v10.3.0...v10.3.1) (2022-11-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Switch instrumentation code to work with NODEJS_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION only ([#1373](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-logging/issues/1373)) ([32b22b4](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-logging/commit/32b22b4c17376a51f413481b3e412a88c0f83f06))
+
 ## [10.3.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-logging/compare/v10.2.3...v10.3.0) (2022-11-04)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51bc5a80..878d7f90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/logging",
-  "version": "10.3.0",
+  "version": "10.3.1",
   "description": "Cloud Logging Client Library for Node.js",
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "codecov": "^3.6.5",
     "gts": "^3.1.0",
     "http2spy": "^2.0.0",
-    "jsdoc": "^3.6.3",
+    "jsdoc": "^4.0.0",
     "jsdoc-fresh": "^2.0.0",
     "jsdoc-region-tag": "^2.0.0",
     "linkinator": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/samples/generated/v2/snippet_metadata.google.logging.v2.json b/samples/generated/v2/snippet_metadata.google.logging.v2.json
index 57ff7075..81eb2eff 100644
--- a/samples/generated/v2/snippet_metadata.google.logging.v2.json
+++ b/samples/generated/v2/snippet_metadata.google.logging.v2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "clientLibrary": {
         "name": "nodejs-logging",
-        "version": "10.3.0",
+        "version": "10.3.1",
         "language": "TYPESCRIPT",
         "apis": [
             {
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index 0aa22715..fa11277d 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "test": "mocha --timeout 60000"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/logging": "^10.3.0",
+    "@google-cloud/logging": "^10.3.1",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^6.0.0",
     "express": "^4.16.3",
     "fluent-logger": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/src/utils/instrumentation.ts b/src/utils/instrumentation.ts
index 4b21482b..896739ca 100644
--- a/src/utils/instrumentation.ts
+++ b/src/utils/instrumentation.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import arrify = require('arrify');
-import path = require('path');
 import {Entry} from '../entry';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -29,16 +28,18 @@ global.instrumentationAdded = false;
 // The global variable to avoid records inspection once instrumentation already written to prevent perf impact
 global.shouldSkipInstrumentationCheck = false;
 
-// The variable to hold cached library version
-let libraryVersion: string;
-
 // Max length for instrumentation library name and version values
 const maxDiagnosticValueLen = 14;
 
 export const DIAGNOSTIC_INFO_KEY = 'logging.googleapis.com/diagnostic';
 export const INSTRUMENTATION_SOURCE_KEY = 'instrumentation_source';
 export const NODEJS_LIBRARY_NAME_PREFIX = 'nodejs';
-export const NODEJS_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION = '10.3.0'; // {x-release-please-version}
+/**
+ * Default library version to be used
+ * Using release-please annotations to update DEFAULT_INSTRUMENTATION_VERSION with latest version.
+ * See https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/blob/main/docs/customizing.md#updating-arbitrary-files
+ */
+export const NODEJS_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION = '10.3.1'; // {x-release-please-version}
 export const MAX_INSTRUMENTATION_COUNT = 3;
 export type InstrumentationInfo = {name: string; version: string};
 
@@ -184,24 +185,11 @@ function truncateValue(value: object | string, maxLen: number) {
 }
 
 /**
- * The helper function to retrieve current library version from 'package.json' file. Note that
- * since we use {path.resolve}, the search for 'package.json' could be impacted by current working directory.
+ * The helper function to retrieve current library version from annotated NODEJS_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION
  * @returns {string} A current library version.
  */
 export function getNodejsLibraryVersion() {
-  if (libraryVersion) {
-    return libraryVersion;
-  }
-  try {
-    libraryVersion = require(path.resolve(
-      __dirname,
-      '../../../',
-      'package.json'
-    )).version;
-  } catch (err) {
-    libraryVersion = NODEJS_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION;
-  }
-  return libraryVersion;
+  return NODEJS_DEFAULT_LIBRARY_VERSION;
 }
 
 /**