diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index b665fd3204ea..5862bc07468a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
   "pubsub": "1.27.1",
   "pubsublite": "1.5.0",
   "spanner": "1.41.0",
-  "storage": "1.28.0"
+  "storage": "1.28.1"
 }
diff --git a/storage/CHANGES.md b/storage/CHANGES.md
index 580202cf84d2..f12da250ef38 100644
--- a/storage/CHANGES.md
+++ b/storage/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
 
+## [1.28.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.28.0...storage/v1.28.1) (2022-12-02)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **storage:** downgrade some dependencies ([7540152](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/754015236d5af7c82a75da218b71a87b9ead6eb5))
+
 ## [1.28.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.27.0...storage/v1.28.0) (2022-11-03)
 
 
diff --git a/storage/internal/version.go b/storage/internal/version.go
index 50f34dc83c52..008568b40584 100644
--- a/storage/internal/version.go
+++ b/storage/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.28.0"
+const Version = "1.28.1"