diff --git a/java-container/CHANGELOG.md b/java-container/CHANGELOG.md
index 7de1d2199b15..571e73cc6dc3 100644
--- a/java-container/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-container/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/compare/v2.5.2...v2.6.0) (2022-10-04)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* added High Throughput Logging API for Google Kubernetes Engine ([144a9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/144a9ee5f035d5d9c0bc73d5f9712fe30e3ba8e7))
+* Added High Throughput Logging API for Google Kubernetes Engine ([#780](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/780)) ([144a9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/144a9ee5f035d5d9c0bc73d5f9712fe30e3ba8e7))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* update protobuf to v3.21.7 ([cbba028](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/cbba02878516184d91d8c5f85ca927026b80a7ed))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* missing period in description for min CPU platform ([144a9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/144a9ee5f035d5d9c0bc73d5f9712fe30e3ba8e7))
+* missing period in description for min CPU platform ([144a9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/144a9ee5f035d5d9c0bc73d5f9712fe30e3ba8e7))
+* ReservationAffinity key field docs incorrect ([144a9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/144a9ee5f035d5d9c0bc73d5f9712fe30e3ba8e7))
+* ReservationAffinity key field docs incorrect ([144a9ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/144a9ee5f035d5d9c0bc73d5f9712fe30e3ba8e7))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v3.0.4 ([#819](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/819)) ([e2f3a0c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/e2f3a0c2742dc4baf4d3bea03794be354c340aa0))
+* Update dependency protobuf to v3.20.3 ([#818](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/issues/818)) ([6897c90](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/commit/6897c906a5d2a6abb76acadc0cf7a6a7c8970b01))
+
 ## [2.5.2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-container/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2) (2022-09-16)
 
 
diff --git a/java-container/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml b/java-container/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml
index a13a92a7a82d..436df049b44f 100644
--- a/java-container/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/google-cloud-container-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/java-container/google-cloud-container/pom.xml b/java-container/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
index 6b08ebf867d9..48d7399cfce0 100644
--- a/java-container/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/google-cloud-container/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Container</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-container</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-container</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml b/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
index 9a911439254d..15d941c77195 100644
--- a/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml b/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
index ed8560ac8a2f..ba0fb8a6f96a 100644
--- a/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-container</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-container/pom.xml b/java-container/pom.xml
index 0d5291352c28..6ae68d2d0123 100644
--- a/java-container/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Container Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-container</url>
   <description>
@@ -61,27 +61,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-container</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml b/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
index 6de3a7468de3..60fd0f1d2ab7 100644
--- a/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-container-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-container-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml b/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 1d5f9e25df87..7883a1c71ccd 100644
--- a/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-container/proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-container</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-container-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-container:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-container/versions.txt b/java-container/versions.txt
index 5b59cd056152..973c367f3aff 100644
--- a/java-container/versions.txt
+++ b/java-container/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-container:2.5.2:2.5.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:2.5.2:2.5.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.5.2:2.5.3-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-container-v1:2.5.2:2.5.3-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.5.2:2.5.3-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-container:2.6.0:2.6.0
+grpc-google-cloud-container-v1:2.6.0:2.6.0
+grpc-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.6.0:2.6.0
+proto-google-cloud-container-v1:2.6.0:2.6.0
+proto-google-cloud-container-v1beta1:2.6.0:2.6.0