diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e82b061f0..92f994d62d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) (2021-12-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add ignoreUnknownField support in JsonWriter ([#1455](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1455)) ([4616adb](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/4616adb30d07d7be522b74837adae080eca103a6))
+* Add reconnect support to v1 client lib. ([#1446](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1446)) ([a5157fa](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/a5157faf37354ee48a0af930a68edf4823b5be6f))
+* add schema update support in JsonStreamWriter ([#1447](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1447)) ([973afcc](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/973afccc22507b8109b3920d3fc183692dcc66c2))
+* support `append()` without offset in `StreamWriter` ([#1452](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1452)) ([cb8b0ad](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/cb8b0ad25fbf07c3509b3d94244a999b9cb90e54))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* allow all fields to be null values ([#1450](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1450)) ([e47ac79](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/e47ac791765486f02f027d3c440645ef2a379ba9))
+* finish BIGNUMERIC support ([#1449](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1449)) ([d9d51cd](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/d9d51cd203733a972c80e312e9e279b50fb260fa))
+* fix a NullPtr when user closes a writer without connection being ever established ([#1454](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/issues/1454)) ([b774f5d](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/commit/b774f5d0d00275278708d1299b4912b455be4bed))
+
 ## [2.7.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerystorage/compare/v2.6.5...v2.7.0) (2021-12-07)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage-bom/pom.xml
index 167edb6cce..7887bb5871 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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</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 0ae65b4dd5..e5033d721e 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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</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 99c34675f9..fa2356432a 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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</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 2d1a8acaf9..0d9269dde1 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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</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 ba2b0f8daf..f1400aef44 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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c81b95852..737e4ec248 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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerystorage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</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 e0fd2c311b..4b8e01ba9c 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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</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 1870b18bf7..b080b3086b 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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</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 cd007323c8..4912dcb8d5 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>0.131.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.132.0</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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 2ff44df6f1..77e65e7195 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>2.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.8.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index aff08b656e..27e8ac0e2f 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquerystorage:2.7.0:2.7.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.131.0:0.131.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.131.0:0.131.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.7.0:2.7.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.131.0:0.131.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.131.0:0.131.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.7.0:2.7.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigquerystorage:2.8.0:2.8.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.132.0:0.132.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.132.0:0.132.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.8.0:2.8.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta1:0.132.0:0.132.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1beta2:0.132.0:0.132.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerystorage-v1:2.8.0:2.8.0