diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.release-please-manifest.json b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.release-please-manifest.json
index 099626f4fc05..4fcfdf7a7c31 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.8.0"
+  ".": "1.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
index 311c641d6a88..740666cb1c0e 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/compare/v1.8.0...v1.9.0) (2023-01-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for python 3.11 ([#280](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/issues/280)) ([ac90427](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/commit/ac904279a668049eb8f01e69d52d7dd12918c545))
+
 ## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-connection/compare/v1.7.3...v1.8.0) (2022-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection/gapic_version.py
index b334dccf50ad..163d151126d8 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.8.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection_v1/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection_v1/gapic_version.py
index b334dccf50ad..163d151126d8 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/google/cloud/bigquery_connection_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "1.8.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "1.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.connection.v1.json b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.connection.v1.json
index 0fde6f0d6368..a5f4349a4871 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.connection.v1.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-connection/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.connection.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-bigquery-connection",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "1.9.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {