diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 39ed1f94745e..ca5de61a82a6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "ai": "0.8.2",
   "aiplatform": "1.68.0",
-  "auth": "0.9.7",
+  "auth": "0.9.8",
   "auth/oauth2adapt": "0.2.4",
   "bigquery": "1.63.1",
   "bigtable": "1.33.0",
diff --git a/auth/CHANGES.md b/auth/CHANGES.md
index 7d6c9cc1b21c..c81df7392784 100644
--- a/auth/CHANGES.md
+++ b/auth/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.9.8](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/auth/v0.9.7...auth/v0.9.8) (2024-10-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **auth:** Restore OpenTelemetry handling in transports ([#10968](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10968)) ([08c6d04](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/08c6d04901c1a20e219b2d86df41dbaa6d7d7b55)), refs [#10962](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10962)
+* **auth:** Try talk to plaintext S2A if credentials can not be found for mTLS-S2A ([#10941](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10941)) ([0f0bf2d](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0f0bf2d18c97dd8b65bcf0099f0802b5631c6287))
+
 ## [0.9.7](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/auth/v0.9.6...auth/v0.9.7) (2024-10-01)