diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95878d8e4c..be85db326f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.26.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.26.0...v2.26.1) (2023-08-14)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Make use of ImmutableMap.Builder#buildOrThrow graceful ([#2159](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2159)) ([e9746f8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/e9746f856e9204c1c0ec62f19e6f71ff8a0b9750))
+* Update gRPC writeAndClose to only set finish_write on the last message ([#2163](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2163)) ([95df758](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/95df758d6753005226556177e68a3e9c630c789b))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin to v0.9.24 ([#2158](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2158)) ([4f5682a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/4f5682a4f6d6d5372a2d382ae3e47dace490ca0d))
+
 ## [2.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.25.0...v2.26.0) (2023-08-03)
 
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index db3ef1d452..dc6d5f5aba 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>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.1-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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
index d7bab74f2d..bc33d4137b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -69,22 +69,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 990b8b13b7..8b37a32581 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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.1</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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.1</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 3e4c330f6a..b85ea87b07 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>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.1-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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bece237894..ebda713fcf 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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1-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>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1-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>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.26.1-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 b8615a6cf1..747b5b96cf 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>2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.26.1-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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index f88955a588..3168c082f8 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>2.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d426bb61b9..17d3d37bb8 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.26.0:2.26.1-SNAPSHOT
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.26.0-alpha:2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.26.0-alpha:2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.26.0-alpha:2.26.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-storage:2.26.1:2.26.1
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.26.1-alpha:2.26.1-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.26.1-alpha:2.26.1-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.26.1-alpha:2.26.1-alpha