From 9eb8570c51b1249acdcf667f72c9411732c5794f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 00:58:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release main

---
 .release-please-manifest.json        |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                         | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                            |  4 ++--
 google-cloud-bom/pom.xml             |  2 +-
 libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml      |  4 ++--
 libraries-bom/pom.xml                |  4 ++--
 tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml |  4 ++--
 tests/pom.xml                        |  2 +-
 versions.txt                         |  8 ++++----
 9 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c80652a160b..5f21db1fe3c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "26.80.0"
+  ".": "26.81.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 87624afe5aa..0996f946710 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [26.81.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.80.0...v26.81.0) (2026-05-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Update renovate config check to use npx ([#7465](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7465)) ([67d5d99](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/67d5d99ee8d823e4ef1f6e023c6004fdb025dfec))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:first-party-dependencies to v3.62.0 ([#7474](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7474)) ([3b875af](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/3b875af70d71bec28e3e1985552046dddadb61c2))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:gapic-libraries-bom to v1.86.0 ([#7462](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7462)) ([c0a013b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/c0a013b0e3dca7f0b789259a27647bcc0b1cf065))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable-bom to v2.78.0 ([#7463](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7463)) ([4853000](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/4853000e3893bd4f6f87d558afe8a2e30e4fb945))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore-bom to v3.42.0 ([#7478](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7478)) ([4bdba3c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/4bdba3c2d8c79c1a14278b2c9e45c4ad35fc0797))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub-bom to v1.150.2 ([#7476](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7476)) ([7c77df4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/7c77df47747f55ca50efd10b4297a67dce3a88ca))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsublite-bom to v1.16.6 ([#7477](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7477)) ([a1abc40](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/a1abc407fb2352112937095f17223820b3b4f0dc))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc to v2.39.0 ([#7475](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7475)) ([6705261](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/670526194675cf4fd12794afd516a44a954678f1))
+* update dependency com.google.guava:guava to v33 ([#7470](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7470)) ([74ff608](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/74ff608e498c2841f16881c22611c43578475a6c))
+* update dependency com.google.guava:guava-bom to v33.6.0-jre ([#7451](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7451)) ([33c49cf](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/33c49cf6af6a2a15ab5e48be01b7aeeabcdf73c5))
+* update dependency com.google.guava:guava-bom to v33.6.0-jre ([#7452](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7452)) ([d60e8eb](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/d60e8eba1fce9242a6b8a70a6e11e8128b0539e5))
+
 ## [26.80.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.79.0...v26.80.0) (2026-04-14)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c164a684cb..6e535345f61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To use it in Maven, add the following to your POM:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.80.0</version>
+      <version>26.81.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The content of the Libraries BOM consists of 2 categories:
 This is the table of modules included in the latest libraries-bom release:
 
 <!--- {x-version-update-start:libraries-bom:released} -->
-### libraries-bom: v<version>26.80.0</version>
+### libraries-bom: v<version>26.81.0</version>
 <!--- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
 <!-- TABLE_START -->
diff --git a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
index 31329fce774..85de303cb02 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.262.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+  <version>0.262.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java BOM</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml b/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
index 1690c7e1778..008eb4c83b7 100644
--- a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom-protobuf3</artifactId>
-  <version>26.81.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+  <version>26.81.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>26.81.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+    <version>26.81.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
     <relativePath>../libraries-bom</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/libraries-bom/pom.xml b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
index b2ede3e8492..d5eda24bb6b 100644
--- a/libraries-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <!-- adding comment for testing-->
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>26.81.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+  <version>26.81.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Platform Supported Libraries</name>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.262.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+        <version>0.262.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml b/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
index 06425098e53..a4c88aee14b 100644
--- a/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>full-convergence-check</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <!-- We do not publish this module to Maven Central -->
-  <version>0.80.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:full-convergence-check:current} -->
+  <version>0.80.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:full-convergence-check:current} -->
   <name>Full convergence check for all library dependencies in Google Cloud Java BOM</name>
   <description>
     BOM for Full convergence check on google-cloud-java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.262.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+        <version>0.262.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 6dd2fd82dd7..6857fbb4996 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-cloud-bom-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>0.77.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-cloud-bom-tests:current} -->
+  <version>0.77.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-cloud-bom-tests:current} -->
   <name>A module to test Google Cloud Java BOMs</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 63b4a88ca78..a6354f3260c 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bom:0.261.0:0.262.0-SNAPSHOT
-libraries-bom:26.80.0:26.81.0-SNAPSHOT
-java-cloud-bom-tests:0.76.0:0.77.0-SNAPSHOT
-full-convergence-check:0.79.0:0.80.0-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bom:0.262.0:0.262.0
+libraries-bom:26.81.0:26.81.0
+java-cloud-bom-tests:0.77.0:0.77.0
+full-convergence-check:0.80.0:0.80.0