diff --git a/.librarian/config.yaml b/.librarian/config.yaml
index 0eb5090b351f..f7de98e4094a 100644
--- a/.librarian/config.yaml
+++ b/.librarian/config.yaml
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ libraries:
   # TODO(b/501132869): Disabling automatic releases until resolved.
   - id: "google-cloud-bigtable"
     release_blocked: true
+  # TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/16780): Disabling automatic releases until resolved.
+  - id: "google-cloud-compute"
+    release_blocked: true
+
diff --git a/librarian.yaml b/librarian.yaml
index 901e55c7aa84..f2496dac7093 100644
--- a/librarian.yaml
+++ b/librarian.yaml
@@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ libraries:
     python:
       metadata_name_override: compute
       default_version: v1
+    # TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/16780): Disabling automatic releases until resolved.
+    skip_release: true
   - name: google-cloud-compute-v1beta
     version: 0.10.0
     apis: