diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index a669d1df333b..7dd034bc1d44 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "auth": "0.0.0",
-  "bigquery": "1.55.0",
+  "bigquery": "1.56.0",
   "bigtable": "1.19.0",
   "datastore": "1.14.0",
   "errorreporting": "0.3.0",
diff --git a/bigquery/CHANGES.md b/bigquery/CHANGES.md
index 255b383e9751..c59def1f0af1 100644
--- a/bigquery/CHANGES.md
+++ b/bigquery/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
 
 
 
+## [1.56.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/bigquery/v1.55.0...bigquery/v1.56.0) (2023-09-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **bigquery:** Add external dataset reference ([#8545](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8545)) ([1001acf](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/1001acf6ac894a7d9945b7d204ad55aa7b162909))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **bigquery/datatransfer:** Update transferConfig.name description to indicate that it supports both formats ([0449518](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0449518f8396cc0280c0f3303c103edcee34016b))
+
 ## [1.55.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/bigquery/v1.54.0...bigquery/v1.55.0) (2023-09-11)
 
 
diff --git a/bigquery/internal/version.go b/bigquery/internal/version.go
index 6aa7fb9470ee..da7eb5d12dd9 100644
--- a/bigquery/internal/version.go
+++ b/bigquery/internal/version.go
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.55.0"
+const Version = "1.56.0"