diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e1d04aad9..73d40ea5e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.8.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2022-01-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **java:** run Maven in plain console-friendly mode ([#1301](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1301)) ([#1461](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1461)) ([6b9e08c](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/6b9e08c4736cfdb4d98bf3c8f782a87ab68580ce))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v2.6.0 ([#1459](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1459)) ([323813c](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/323813c88cd673bbf3f8631f03ac1732f7d3ac53))
+
 ## [2.8.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) (2021-12-30)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
index 0af8a96619..431715843a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,37 +52,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index 7d2f3d058e..536d153d74 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
index fbe776c68f..03638273a9 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 0efe2235e2..9901b1c32a 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
index aef06770b8..f1fd95f2b2 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 673db4aaa9..e12574d95c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage</url>
   <description>
@@ -83,37 +83,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.json</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
index 00655b2105..c1dbce7aae 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 5d2c2d1a2a..72d58ccaac 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
index f045d34e08..a1061a6713 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.132.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index a897bc963f..c726bc93eb 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index c648f400fd..820b739222 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquerystorage:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.132.0:0.132.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.132.0:0.132.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.132.0:0.132.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.132.0:0.132.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigquerystorage:2.8.1:2.8.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.132.1:0.132.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.132.1:0.132.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.8.1:2.8.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.132.1:0.132.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.132.1:0.132.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.8.1:2.8.1