diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/CHANGELOG.md b/java-artifact-registry/CHANGELOG.md
index c08cbf876424..86bbc3d159e9 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.2.9](https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry/compare/v1.2.8...v1.2.9) (2022-10-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update protobuf to v3.21.7 ([d88f516](https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry/commit/d88f5168d8961316242c147cb42e6b7d1419052e))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v3.0.4 ([#341](https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry/issues/341)) ([7d9a4ed](https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry/commit/7d9a4edaefe2dc263b916827aa63c6a8d5ee8e92))
+
 ## [1.2.8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry/compare/v1.2.7...v1.2.8) (2022-09-27)
 
 
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry-bom/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry-bom/pom.xml
index cb70b069a41e..b3798d1b005f 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -56,27 +56,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+        <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.8.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.8.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry/pom.xml
index 7f6dcfeb96b7..ed87aec4fb94 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/google-cloud-artifact-registry/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Artifact Registry</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+    <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-artifact-registry</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml
index ae68adba2e12..6e6f7f967909 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-artifact-registry</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+    <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml
index 446713855030..bd8697e57ce7 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.8.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-artifact-registry</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+    <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/pom.xml
index d6e3981d018a..7888c921063c 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   <name>Google Artifact Registry Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-artifact-registry</url>
   <description>
@@ -61,27 +61,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+        <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.8.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.8.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml
index bb24d4729717..a67a3748fe0d 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-artifact-registry</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+    <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml
index 06d61336afea..941f8e434fb7 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.8.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-artifact-registry</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
+    <version>1.2.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-artifact-registry:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/java-artifact-registry/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 49871e45aa31..3c003d298cbf 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-artifact-registry</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.2.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/java-artifact-registry/versions.txt b/java-artifact-registry/versions.txt
index 9dd118e3b955..1ae6c41a900d 100644
--- a/java-artifact-registry/versions.txt
+++ b/java-artifact-registry/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-artifact-registry:1.2.8:1.2.9-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:0.8.8:0.8.9-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:1.2.8:1.2.9-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:0.8.8:0.8.9-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:1.2.8:1.2.9-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-artifact-registry:1.2.9:1.2.9
+grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:0.8.9:0.8.9
+grpc-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:1.2.9:1.2.9
+proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1beta2:0.8.9:0.8.9
+proto-google-cloud-artifact-registry-v1:1.2.9:1.2.9