diff --git a/.kokoro/release/common.cfg b/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
index e2d6aab8..b1d1124b 100644
--- a/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/release/common.cfg
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ before_action {
   }
 }
 
-# Tokens needed to report release status back to GitHub
-env_vars: {
-  key: "SECRET_MANAGER_KEYS"
-  value: "releasetool-publish-reporter-app,releasetool-publish-reporter-googleapis-installation,releasetool-publish-reporter-pem"
-}
 
 # Store the packages we uploaded to PyPI.  That way, we have a record of exactly
 # what we published, which we can use to generate SBOMs and attestations.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06ad44d2..74ab857a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+## [2.22.0rc0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.21.0...v2.22.0rc0) (2024-10-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for python 3.13 ([#696](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/696)) ([46b3d3a](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/46b3d3abaa1bae28e9d788d7c3006224cd6f74d5))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add type hints to ClientOptions ([#735](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/735)) ([b91ed19](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/b91ed19210148dfa49ec790c4dd5f4a7bff80954))
+* Improve `Any` decode error ([#712](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/712)) ([0d5ed37](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/0d5ed37c96f9b40bccae98e228163a88abeb1763))
+* Require proto-plus >= 1.25.0 for Python 3.13 ([#740](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/740)) ([a26313e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/a26313e1cb12e44aa498f12622edccc0c83ba0c3))
+* Switch to unittest.mock from mock ([#713](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/713)) ([8c53381](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/8c533819b7e212aa2f1d695a7ce08629f4fb2daf))
+
 ## [2.21.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.20.0...v2.21.0) (2024-10-07)
 
 
diff --git a/google/api_core/version.py b/google/api_core/version.py
index 563b0e16..56617bd3 100644
--- a/google/api_core/version.py
+++ b/google/api_core/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.21.0"
+__version__ = "2.22.0rc0"