diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d2e9ecee..1791e9a17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/compare/v2.8.1...v2.9.0) (2026-02-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Next release from main branch is 2.9.0 ([#2614](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/issues/2614)) ([857362a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/commit/857362a29c6100fad69ccad3c78ec421ca317c44))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **sec:** Warn users of unsafe credential generation methods ([#2604](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/issues/2604)) ([d4c0a33](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/commit/d4c0a33ecfd21f049de320c4a078518187862c8a))
+* Use Cloud RAD in deprecation link in GoogleCredential class ([#2606](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/issues/2606)) ([f238d59](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/commit/f238d59a661cf05ce0a8585c0d00ac50d832f6bc))
+
 ## [2.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2025-08-14)
 
 
diff --git a/google-api-client-android/pom.xml b/google-api-client-android/pom.xml
index 852ffdc95..8c1f65cac 100644
--- a/google-api-client-android/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-android/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-android</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-apache-v5/pom.xml b/google-api-client-apache-v5/pom.xml
index 08e13e78c..ad83fc8d5 100644
--- a/google-api-client-apache-v5/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-apache-v5/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     </parent>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-apache-v5</artifactId>
     <name>Apache extensions to the Google APIs Client Library for Java</name>
diff --git a/google-api-client-appengine/pom.xml b/google-api-client-appengine/pom.xml
index 256676ef1..c8711597d 100644
--- a/google-api-client-appengine/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-appengine/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-appengine</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-assembly/pom.xml b/google-api-client-assembly/pom.xml
index 09c1b9b82..940358c9a 100644
--- a/google-api-client-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml
index 3b06e6795..aa398f1f0 100644
--- a/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google API Client Library for Java BOM</name>
@@ -63,48 +63,48 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-android</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-appengine</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-assembly</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-servlet</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-api-client-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-api-client-gson/pom.xml b/google-api-client-gson/pom.xml
index e48550fde..b326dab67 100644
--- a/google-api-client-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-gson/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-gson</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-jackson2/pom.xml b/google-api-client-jackson2/pom.xml
index 8f7323128..94015fe65 100644
--- a/google-api-client-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-jackson2</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-protobuf/pom.xml b/google-api-client-protobuf/pom.xml
index 795123e50..7ea74d8b5 100644
--- a/google-api-client-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-protobuf</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-servlet/pom.xml b/google-api-client-servlet/pom.xml
index 287a8d391..719eb10d3 100644
--- a/google-api-client-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-servlet</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client-xml/pom.xml b/google-api-client-xml/pom.xml
index a06186c04..d03e39d2e 100644
--- a/google-api-client-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-xml</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-api-client/pom.xml b/google-api-client/pom.xml
index db16f6a5a..fc268e47d 100644
--- a/google-api-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a93b3bc7a..43349765d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-api-client-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-api-client:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent for the Google API Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>The Google APIs Client Library for Java is a Java client library
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index fd11cc93e..e06c40f0a 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-api-client:2.8.1:2.8.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-api-client:2.9.0:2.9.0