diff --git a/java-core/CHANGELOG.md b/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
index d5821762db5d..2ec31079c9a5 100644
--- a/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
# Changelog
+## [2.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2022-06-27)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom to v3.21.2 ([#851](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/851)) ([c0f09f0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/c0f09f0fcd57a2d90e0a99b17c9e346df8651d65))
+
## [2.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.7.1...v2.8.0) (2022-06-21)
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
index 4aff21980f6b..36a0095c3615 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
4.0.0
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-bom
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
pom
com.google.cloud
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-grpc
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-http
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
index 53817f77107c..508d8857656d 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
4.0.0
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-grpc
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
jar
Google Cloud Core gRPC
https://github.com/googleapis/java-core
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-parent
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
google-cloud-core-grpc
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
index 0e4b59632383..b37444f9bbcf 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
4.0.0
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-http
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
jar
Google Cloud Core HTTP
https://github.com/googleapis/java-core
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-parent
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
google-cloud-core-http
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index c7a8acc2ad5b..4449270d2c0f 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
4.0.0
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
jar
Google Cloud Core
https://github.com/googleapis/java-core
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-parent
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
google-cloud-core
diff --git a/java-core/pom.xml b/java-core/pom.xml
index c4f8603f4e55..37237e4836bf 100644
--- a/java-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
com.google.cloud
google-cloud-core-parent
pom
- 2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.8.1
Google Cloud Core Parent
https://github.com/googleapis/java-core
diff --git a/java-core/versions.txt b/java-core/versions.txt
index 2186b20f78c6..0a7a4f1b82c4 100644
--- a/java-core/versions.txt
+++ b/java-core/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
# Format:
# module:released-version:current-version
-google-cloud-core:2.8.0:2.8.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-core:2.8.1:2.8.1