diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74eff90d3..7b827c74b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.8.0...v2.9.0) (2022-06-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* support readTime in Datastore query splitter. ([#763](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/763)) ([61758e0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/61758e02c30c8410dd397d0cc77c987332c4f11c))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **sample:** clean up README for native image sample ([#771](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/771)) ([7358aa3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/7358aa34ec9d3d52aae3195fea718ef748ab22b1))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:junit-platform-native to v0.9.12 ([#773](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/773)) ([cab7e54](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/cab7e54359a4fad5fca23b89a9cf52f95e53e19e))
+* update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin to v0.9.12 ([#774](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/774)) ([496c1bc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/496c1bcb4c7343fd8330629f82ca9f96fb1a9acc))
+
 ## [2.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.7.0...v2.8.0) (2022-06-09)
 
 
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index f1bc4067e..01fd0ee6b 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
   <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index 52ded046d..0e88ee71e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,22 +52,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.99.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.100.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 39d49942c..c2fc5f547 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index 2656eed2c..333ed662c 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7ffbdb24..26982d78d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
   <description>
@@ -159,27 +159,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.99.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.100.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
         <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index 56a11c5d2..c61cc3e4d 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index 29395ecdd..4de0ebb7c 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.99.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.100.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 6946bf98f..1b29554de 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.99.0:0.99.1-SNAPSHOT
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-datastore:2.9.0:2.9.0
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.9.0:2.9.0
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.100.0:0.100.0
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.9.0:2.9.0
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.9.0:2.9.0
+grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.9.0:2.9.0