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 {
-  ".": "0.116.0"
+  ".": "0.117.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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 # Changes
 
+## [0.117.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/v0.116.0...v0.117.0) (2024-12-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **internal/trace:** Remove previously deprecated OpenCensus support ([#11230](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11230)) ([40cf125](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/40cf1251c9d73be435585ce204a63588446c72b1)), refs [#10287](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10287)
+* **transport:** Remove deprecated EXPERIMENTAL OpenCensus trace context propagation ([#11239](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11239)) ([0d1ac87](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0d1ac87174ed8526ea47d71a80e641ffbd687a6c)), refs [#10287](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10287) [#11230](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11230)
+
 ## [0.116.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/v0.115.1...v0.116.0) (2024-10-09)