From f90247297f14ed688548635fc7496981ee5777ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diego Marquez <diegomarquezp@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 13:47:41 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] chore: add release manifest

---
 .release-please-manifest.json | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .release-please-manifest.json

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da0b97f9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "3.18.0"
+}

From efece8db9bd45f8d5c1cd383d8d417012459144c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Diego Marquez <diegomarquezp@google.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 13:48:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] chore: add release-please config for protobuf-4.x

---
 release-please-config.json | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 release-please-config.json

diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c80f5319f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "java-yoshi",
+  "prerelease-type": "rc1",
+  "versioning": "prerelease",
+  "separate-pull-requests": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${branch}): release ${version}",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "extra-files": []
+    }
+  }
+}

From a7636c6abcb2a39022653e2c78bf9af6362424b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: diegomarquezp <diegomarquezp@google.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 21:05:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fix: next release candidate


From 10a454e2074db1020abf92439d9c4e96628f54f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 16:48:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] chore(protobuf-4.x-rc): release 3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
 (#3126)

Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml      | 24 +++++++++----------
 google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml          |  4 ++--
 grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml  |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 pom.xml                                       | 24 +++++++++----------
 proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                   |  4 ++--
 samples/snapshot/pom.xml                      |  2 +-
 versions.txt                                  | 22 ++++++++---------
 15 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
index 1ba0f37e23..0ad7de64cd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,57 +52,57 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index ea36c08bda..0f23a2e8de 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
index b2992984d2..0e7fc38277 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml
index f9823bd91d..d28654f730 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-bigquerystorage</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml
index 25c779e13d..9fe4932514 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-bigquerystorage</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 42eaa6455b..39cee18400 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
index 4e551959ae..d0f24c801e 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1e0a8b6ef..c1e588b01b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage</url>
   <description>
@@ -83,57 +83,57 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+        <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
index f82b308ee3..51a0e0fdce 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml
index afe8c3d3ee..e7b84ca4e2 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-bigquerystorage</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml
index abaf3b1e25..70344beb6f 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</artifactId>
-  <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
+  <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-bigquerystorage</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 6c646a7948..3565beeed5 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
index e89263e152..bcd1472c95 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.190.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 9be30a165a..1f94cc455b 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-      <version>3.18.0</version>
+      <version>3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 3d184de1c8..87f37513c4 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquerystorage:3.18.0:3.18.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.190.0:0.190.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.190.0:0.190.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:3.18.0:3.18.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.190.0:0.190.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.190.0:0.190.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:3.18.0:3.18.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:3.18.0:3.18.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:3.18.0:3.18.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:3.18.0:3.18.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:3.18.0:3.18.0
+google-cloud-bigquerystorage:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.190.0:0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.190.0:0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.190.0:0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.190.0:0.190.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1alpha:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta:3.18.0:3.18.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT

From 959e3bdb9a664b73da64e9f0866523deca828878 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: diegomarquezp <diegomarquezp@google.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:46:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] feat: next release is 3.19.0-rc1