diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9146ecb154..ecb6b6c5ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.8.1...v2.9.0) (2022-06-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable REST transport for most of Java and Go clients ([#1469](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1469)) ([cfb6fd8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/cfb6fd8c1f13cb2115e5ff7ea7af41a9e27986b1))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Clarified how clients should work with resumable uploads ([#1457](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1457)) ([15baa27](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/15baa27c97aacca115981f5c14d942a8ddd6cb1f))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.13.0 ([#1468](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1468)) ([1a817fe](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/1a817fef87e626e74dab47eaff33c1d9d3c56bb5))
+* update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:junit-platform-native to v0.9.12 ([#1463](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1463)) ([d42c570](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/d42c5704e4fe7341dfdd0562fa0bdbcd4bc99c7e))
+* update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin to v0.9.12 ([#1464](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1464)) ([2f35a4f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/2f35a4f597870a4506119946510ba82fbb7f9449))
+* update kms.version to v0.96.3 ([#1471](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1471)) ([ceb7fa6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/ceb7fa665c35f6b00aebaa665246597b9ee4632a))
+
 ## [2.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2022-06-13)
 
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index f9475c87de..f0c0c9cef5 100644
--- a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 9abc39cc6b..3e4c229f93 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/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-storage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 1268b17b45..47c27488b1 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84c5bb13c6..6e7fd2b477 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
@@ -111,17 +111,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index f50b9451ec..3d76cec7a6 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index ad28c305f3..52820ec296 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 396aedaa5f..d0173afbc7 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.8.1:2.8.2-SNAPSHOT
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.8.1-alpha:2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.8.1-alpha:2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.8.1-alpha:2.8.2-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-storage:2.9.0:2.9.0
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.9.0-alpha:2.9.0-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.9.0-alpha:2.9.0-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.9.0-alpha:2.9.0-alpha