diff --git a/java-core/CHANGELOG.md b/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d7871b9fbef..df3f6c30cde9 100644
--- a/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.6.1...v2.7.0) (2022-05-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **java:** remove native-image-support module ([#820](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/820)) ([a53ef6d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/a53ef6d7ba05eeba82998378455f0aea58f24381))
+* next release from main branch is 2.7.0 ([#807](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/807)) ([5a2c608](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/5a2c608e375d15ec83ca71232627bce1f167e750))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* remove native-image-support module from version.txt ([#822](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/822)) ([92e7efc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/92e7efc4974911f7ce30021a280c9002a44dab47))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.api-client:google-api-client-bom to v1.34.1 ([#823](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/823)) ([71105c6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/71105c64918d6444e321fa3de5fc402e577ebc7d))
+* update dependency com.google.api:api-common to v2.2.0 ([#827](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/827)) ([05a02d6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/05a02d6b16cb06b9f1dea0814912e5a32913fca8))
+* update dependency com.google.api:gax-bom to v2.17.0 ([#826](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/826)) ([c90188e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/c90188e9a94ae71d71105d908173f1bd7e77c1cb))
+* update dependency com.google.api:gax-bom to v2.18.0 ([#829](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/829)) ([5537e7f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/5537e7f80d5db94038b24a393e310120fab62e8c))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.3.2 ([#805](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/805)) ([493ac03](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/493ac038d3ca9f603cd47969fde0da68a1f9bfd0))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.3.3 ([#814](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/814)) ([e809baa](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/e809baa69672d3eca2dc348f55615dc072a8fbe3))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.3.4 ([#825](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/825)) ([5ce12ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/5ce12ee0c10e2bdb5981e6ca02966d7eb802ca6c))
+* update dependency com.google.auth:google-auth-library-bom to v1.7.0 ([#828](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/828)) ([2abca2c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/2abca2c135ba2337d546d5c97bcdd5901e91301a))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:native-image-support to v0.14.0 ([#824](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/824)) ([997a34a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/997a34a15a59bb1818fff3d1fbce195a05d12da3))
+* update dependency com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations to v2.13.1 ([#806](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/806)) ([9fc5811](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/9fc5811eae52288acd9fb0b967e5737848fe7c5e))
+* update dependency com.google.http-client:google-http-client-bom to v1.41.8 ([#821](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/821)) ([c7e3d6e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/c7e3d6ef437d9f85dab450b54d63f7218b89788b))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom to v3.20.1 ([#813](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/813)) ([a9c8c92](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/a9c8c92086c0266e14f86a957944c0cc4ab26ee6))
+* update dependency io.grpc:grpc-bom to v1.46.0 ([#815](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/815)) ([03c9bfe](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/03c9bfe4210a6c3995adf89be28b7c8aab402fb3))
+* update opencensus.version to v0.31.1 ([#819](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/819)) ([1800d3a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/1800d3aa3ff7315947681b648f822f2cf9656a3b))
+
 ### [2.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2022-04-14)
 
 
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
index 9e38ed4fd7a4..9f907f9ead77 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
index cb17f20534be..31cb74ba13b3 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core gRPC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-grpc</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
index 9579a01a93cf..3df47c4c8426 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core HTTP</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-http</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index a595bad16b6e..e9c60d282f5c 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-core/pom.xml b/java-core/pom.xml
index de67c1bcfc01..b9192d22e9a9 100644
--- a/java-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.6.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.7.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Core Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/java-core/versions.txt b/java-core/versions.txt
index 314c2cab629c..6a17814c274e 100644
--- a/java-core/versions.txt
+++ b/java-core/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-core:2.6.1:2.6.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-core:2.7.0:2.7.0