diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 0a7eedb35715..31ea37cf1c57 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ handleGHRelease: true
 manifest: true
 primaryBranch: main
 branches:
-  - releaseType: java-yoshi
-    handleGHRelease: true
-    bumpMinorPreMajor: true
-    branch: java7
-  - releaseType: java-backport
-    manifest: true
-    handleGHRelease: true
-    branch: 26.1.x
+    - branch: java7
+      releaseType: java-yoshi
+      bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+    - branch: 26.1.x
+      releaseType: java-backport
+    - branch: protobuf-4.x-rc
+      releaseType: java-yoshi
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4a0a464867c0..3d5fb46f5491 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "26.72.0"
+  ".": "26.74.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8118b1b9c572..efd49f9c9692 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,50 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [26.74.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.73.0...v26.74.0) (2026-01-20)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:first-party-dependencies to v3.55.1 ([#7337](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7337)) ([4e48025](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/4e48025d4e043942ab01f461d0615555ab6db2f8))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:gapic-libraries-bom to v1.76.0 ([#7338](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7338)) ([a830b68](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/a830b683372544371f87c8d9681dddfdc35ad08e))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v2.57.2 ([#7340](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7340)) ([cd04436](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/cd044367cbd412d6cd42dfdf20d3b388e03d587b))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom to v3.19.1 ([#7341](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7341)) ([6231057](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/623105788687c830e9cea841c88d6c5834329fd5))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable-bom to v2.71.0 ([#7328](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7328)) ([1c5b71d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/1c5b71d867a6c24db1c25ba99ff3a3ad7a1ee351))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore-bom to v2.33.2 ([#7342](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7342)) ([52a1601](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/52a1601007dc4d77b46a5df26d560c2bbd3330de))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore-bom to v3.35.0 ([#7317](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7317)) ([adc3c75](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/adc3c75bc472fe4af6ba9301d9d5bf2f0594fe5c))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore-bom to v3.35.1 ([#7348](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7348)) ([639da59](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/639da5908c2178bdffc405140336ebf1fefe7e4f))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-logging-bom to v3.23.10 ([#7343](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7343)) ([f515976](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/f515976e38bfd174121569fe279b1db25da4ec12))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-logging-logback to v0.132.21-alpha ([#7344](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7344)) ([d8a8d13](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/d8a8d13baffc1df9666dd2e8e840e83d2442f9e1))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio to v0.128.10 ([2c64e8c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/2c64e8c533d418dae70a9c12a714a7596dbefc08))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub-bom to v1.145.0 ([#7324](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7324)) ([697e3d5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/697e3d53982d2fdfcea8d73f2ea0124695d22708))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsublite-bom to v1.15.21 ([#7346](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7346)) ([216e67c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/216e67cd2253871994790a699d2a352574c21309))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-bom to v6.107.0 ([#7325](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7325)) ([fe85be2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/fe85be2b3975abe89d17ce26799ab2d0b71c52f9))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc to v2.35.0 ([#7326](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7326)) ([d2a7690](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/d2a769071390b3e6a5f60452e76d0b0c96a67697))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage-bom to v2.62.0 ([#7320](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7320)) ([c5f487e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/c5f487e21161d95fe944d549c9dd1dab8875c1ca))
+
+## [26.73.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.72.0...v26.73.0) (2025-12-17)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Explicitly override grpc-gcp to 1.9.0 ([#7308](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7308)) ([d7745c3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/d7745c385b49678c4efe56992bcfcb8c6890444b))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:first-party-dependencies to v3.54.2 ([#7296](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7296)) ([ce4c598](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/ce4c5987fc49bc67c17a224a2db042f6bd1c8f31))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:gapic-libraries-bom to v1.74.1 ([#7290](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7290)) ([a8acaf0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/a8acaf0fff4155f66d35e20f3aa57b97c12cca32))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:gapic-libraries-bom to v1.75.0 ([#7311](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7311)) ([58507f6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/58507f61b531c83611b293bf02e69bb1115bd076))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v2.57.1 ([#7299](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7299)) ([f069cac](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/f069cac0d3f7571138e1719420b820ce059af2ca))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom to v3.19.0 ([#7301](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7301)) ([d7f6170](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/d7f61702b2f6c76a23255e9c70165b93d50a0baa))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable-bom to v2.70.1 ([#7302](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7302)) ([4b9d736](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/4b9d7365361620a84dfd349fd94290fca93fed74))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore-bom to v2.33.1 ([#7297](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7297)) ([4195514](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/4195514a485c60ef6831ba38134ef6c0c4f4948d))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore-bom to v3.34.0 ([#7304](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7304)) ([96d8c39](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/96d8c3941e0e86f503a23949ccc1a842f98ab263))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-logging-bom to v3.23.9 ([#7298](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7298)) ([b7590dc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/b7590dcfb5369d0cab3f2628dfc48ddcd05f8e33))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-logging-logback to v0.132.20-alpha ([#7303](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7303)) ([b708bfc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/b708bfca9ba43b46b5d5a003ca48c08944f6159d))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio to v0.128.9 ([#7305](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7305)) ([74b6069](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/74b60699cf879061b83b6a878c4c957eea60c19f))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub-bom to v1.144.0 ([#7300](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7300)) ([b601831](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/b601831d9385b4fad7fbbd6a4dace2f58fe4fff9))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsublite-bom to v1.15.20 ([#7306](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7306)) ([0474187](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/047418775a925dbb86459e92a8e4ce605ab50710))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-bom to v6.105.0 ([#7289](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7289)) ([eea1913](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/eea19137110165bd2ca015a0ee5494af044b3f5b))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc to v2.34.1 ([#7309](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7309)) ([7d4a5df](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/7d4a5df3127054ec4cee7ae2e77c11335007c7de))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage-bom to v2.61.0 ([#7307](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7307)) ([f297ab2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/f297ab2c53038bd66abae02f044a7268b39fb024))
+
 ## [26.72.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.71.0...v26.72.0) (2025-11-18)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb9c49c57d57..c52cebca6639 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To use it in Maven, add the following to your POM:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.72.0</version>
+      <version>26.74.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The content of the Libraries BOM consists of 2 categories:
 This is the table of modules included in the latest libraries-bom release:
 
 <!--- {x-version-update-start:libraries-bom:released} -->
-### libraries-bom: v<version>26.72.0</version>
+### libraries-bom: v<version>26.74.0</version>
 <!--- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
 <!-- TABLE_START -->
diff --git a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
index acb527d08a77..81fe1be6728a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.253.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+  <version>0.255.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java BOM</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom</url>
   <description>
@@ -167,90 +167,90 @@
         <!-- Artifacts from google-cloud-java monorepo -->
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.74.0</version>
+        <version>1.76.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.56.0</version>
+        <version>2.57.2</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0</version>
+        <version>3.19.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.0</version>
+        <version>2.71.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.0</version>
+        <version>2.33.2</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>3.33.4</version>
+        <version>3.35.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>3.23.8</version>
+        <version>3.23.10</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-logback</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.19-alpha</version>
+        <version>0.132.21-alpha</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-nio</artifactId>
-        <version>0.128.8</version>
+        <version>0.128.10</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.143.1</version>
+        <version>1.145.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsublite-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.15.19</version>
+        <version>1.15.21</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>6.103.0</version>
+        <version>6.107.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-        <version>2.34.0</version>
+        <version>2.35.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.60.0</version>
+        <version>2.62.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml b/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
index cbeecca12126..210480aa76be 100644
--- a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom-protobuf3</artifactId>
-  <version>26.72.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+  <version>26.74.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>26.72.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+    <version>26.74.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
     <relativePath>../libraries-bom</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/libraries-bom/pom.xml b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
index 462bcb6ca045..13f3e98c167c 100644
--- a/libraries-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <!-- adding comment for testing-->
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>26.72.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+  <version>26.74.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Platform Supported Libraries</name>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <first-party-dependencies.version>3.54.1</first-party-dependencies.version>
+    <first-party-dependencies.version>3.55.1</first-party-dependencies.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>
@@ -86,10 +86,15 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.253.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+        <version>0.255.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grpc-gcp</artifactId>
+        <version>1.9.0</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml b/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
index ceddfce89f4d..559ca99770b7 100644
--- a/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>full-convergence-check</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <!-- We do not publish this module to Maven Central -->
-  <version>0.71.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:full-convergence-check:current} -->
+  <version>0.73.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:full-convergence-check:current} -->
   <name>Full convergence check for all library dependencies in Google Cloud Java BOM</name>
   <description>
     BOM for Full convergence check on google-cloud-java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.253.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+        <version>0.255.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 18c8d186695e..7f8222bd0dba 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-cloud-bom-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>0.68.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-cloud-bom-tests:current} -->
+  <version>0.70.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-cloud-bom-tests:current} -->
   <name>A module to test Google Cloud Java BOMs</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 7dea494664aa..1d51d8a33714 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bom:0.253.0:0.253.0
-libraries-bom:26.72.0:26.72.0
-java-cloud-bom-tests:0.68.0:0.68.0
-full-convergence-check:0.71.0:0.71.0
+google-cloud-bom:0.255.0:0.255.0
+libraries-bom:26.74.0:26.74.0
+java-cloud-bom-tests:0.70.0:0.70.0
+full-convergence-check:0.73.0:0.73.0