diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 45b215f33fe2..ef2213f953b0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-app_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1": "0.6.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.51.0",
+  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.51.1",
   "google-cloud-bigquery+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub": "1.2.1",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
index 4018029a0eb0..e4c1ecf3ee08 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.51.1 (2024-12-13)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* Allow inserts to a target dataset/table in another project ([#28097](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/28097)) 
+
 ### 1.51.0 (2024-12-04)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
index 200b18bceb6f..6d965706d82c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Bigquery
-      VERSION = "1.51.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.51.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end