diff --git a/java-memcache/CHANGELOG.md b/java-memcache/CHANGELOG.md
index a41c70790e2b..756a312f85ea 100644
--- a/java-memcache/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-memcache/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-memcache/compare/v2.3.5...v2.3.6) (2022-10-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update protobuf to v3.21.7 ([eb6e2d8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-memcache/commit/eb6e2d8fe27315ecabb8e70e07e89a4771663641))
+
 ## [2.3.5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-memcache/compare/v2.3.4...v2.3.5) (2022-10-03)
 
 
diff --git a/java-memcache/README.md b/java-memcache/README.md
index a5985d9f1f4e..61d89650c44f 100644
--- a/java-memcache/README.md
+++ b/java-memcache/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-memcache'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-memcache:2.3.4'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-memcache:2.3.5'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-memcache" % "2.3.4"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-memcache" % "2.3.5"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache-bom/pom.xml b/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache-bom/pom.xml
index 93ea5abebe4b..fc823e0840e7 100644
--- a/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -56,27 +56,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.10.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.10.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache/pom.xml b/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache/pom.xml
index 35cdb14b8f37..118767fedc91 100644
--- a/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/google-cloud-memcache/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Memcache</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-memcache</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-memcache</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml b/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml
index 5c1e17b55b34..fb2b73da1a0a 100644
--- a/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml b/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml
index 44c1ca487ba7..95d97bb86149 100644
--- a/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.10.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.10.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-memcache/pom.xml b/java-memcache/pom.xml
index 8f96278e0bd1..7bee2babc319 100644
--- a/java-memcache/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Memcache Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-memcache</url>
   <description>
@@ -61,27 +61,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.10.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.10.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml b/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml
index 51b20f5cd1f3..7f474338454c 100644
--- a/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml b/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml
index 636ff9a850a0..9590b584ed3a 100644
--- a/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-memcache/proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.10.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.10.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-memcache-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.6-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-memcache:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-memcache/versions.txt b/java-memcache/versions.txt
index 4dae6dee457e..ace47f52c75b 100644
--- a/java-memcache/versions.txt
+++ b/java-memcache/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-memcache:2.3.5:2.3.6-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:0.10.5:0.10.6-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:2.3.5:2.3.6-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:0.10.5:0.10.6-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:2.3.5:2.3.6-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-memcache:2.3.6:2.3.6
+grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:0.10.6:0.10.6
+grpc-google-cloud-memcache-v1:2.3.6:2.3.6
+proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1beta2:0.10.6:0.10.6
+proto-google-cloud-memcache-v1:2.3.6:2.3.6