diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c55341a22..f9e8e7e4f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.26.2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.26.1...v2.26.2) (2025-02-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Update the Java code generator (gapic-generator-java) to 2.53.0 ([be0d0cd](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/be0d0cd960b9254d26404d9331b78dee1104cf0a))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:sdk-platform-java-config to v3.43.0 ([#1737](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/1737)) ([7272a41](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/7272a4197a0d7fb97ee039ccb88ac13a1ec037d1))
+* Update googleapis/sdk-platform-java action to v2.53.0 ([#1738](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/1738)) ([b8a7a5d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/b8a7a5d5d8700ccccb643162843e3043396a9444))
+
 ## [2.26.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.26.0...v2.26.1) (2025-02-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2cd95787..92af750c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.25.2</version>
+  <version>2.26.1</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore:2.26.1'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore:2.26.2'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.26.1"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.26.2"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-datastore/java11.html
 [stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore.svg
-[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore/2.26.1
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore/2.26.2
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication
 [auth-scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes
 [predefined-iam-roles]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#predefined_roles
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index ea8b454ec..a23fdc021 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
   <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index 59b6a0f0e..04503d68d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,22 +52,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.117.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.117.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 9376d7da6..392cc12b0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index f76fd16c9..3e9d82244 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0118c8b09..4c6a3b38e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
   <description>
@@ -159,27 +159,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.117.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.117.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
         <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index b767e4cc6..cd0a2a91b 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index d6616eb61..9d1aa744f 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.117.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.117.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index c1ec03877..a95b17619 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-      <version>2.26.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.26.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d5764ecee..1ada84ac2 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.26.1:2.26.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.26.1:2.26.2-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.117.1:0.117.2-SNAPSHOT
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.26.1:2.26.2-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.26.1:2.26.2-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.26.1:2.26.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-datastore:2.26.2:2.26.2
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.26.2:2.26.2
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.117.2:0.117.2
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.26.2:2.26.2
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.26.2:2.26.2
+grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.26.2:2.26.2