chore: release protobuf-4.x-rc (#7333)

release-please[bot] · web-flow · commit 5d70e7595dba · 2026-01-12T15:27:04.000-05:00
Co-authored-by: release-please[bot] &lt;55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "26.74.0-rc1"
+  ".": "26.74.0-rc2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [26.74.0-rc2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.74.0-rc1...v26.74.0-rc2) (2026-01-12)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update first-party-dependencies to 3.55.0-rc1 ([#7332](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/issues/7332)) ([fecf091](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/commit/fecf091d1c4d02546ef8574b6dd4f97a3045fc0e))
+
 ## [26.74.0-rc1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom/compare/v26.73.0...v26.74.0-rc1) (2025-12-19)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To use it in Maven, add the following to your POM:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.74.0-rc1</version>
+      <version>26.74.0-rc2</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The content of the Libraries BOM consists of 2 categories:
 This is the table of modules included in the latest libraries-bom release:
 
 <!--- {x-version-update-start:libraries-bom:released} -->
-### libraries-bom: v<version>26.74.0-rc1</version>
+### libraries-bom: v<version>26.74.0-rc2</version>
 <!--- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
 <!-- TABLE_START -->
diff --git a/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.255.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+  <version>0.255.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java BOM</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml b/libraries-bom-protobuf3/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom-protobuf3</artifactId>
-  <version>26.74.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+  <version>26.74.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>26.74.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+    <version>26.74.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
     <relativePath>../libraries-bom</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/libraries-bom/pom.xml b/libraries-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <!-- adding comment for testing-->
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>26.74.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
+  <version>26.74.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:libraries-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Platform Supported Libraries</name>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.255.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+        <version>0.255.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml b/tests/dependency-convergence/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <artifactId>full-convergence-check</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <!-- We do not publish this module to Maven Central -->
-  <version>0.73.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:full-convergence-check:current} -->
+  <version>0.73.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:full-convergence-check:current} -->
   <name>Full convergence check for all library dependencies in Google Cloud Java BOM</name>
   <description>
     BOM for Full convergence check on google-cloud-java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.255.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
+        <version>0.255.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bom:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-cloud-bom-tests</artifactId>
-  <version>0.70.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-cloud-bom-tests:current} -->
+  <version>0.70.0-rc2</version><!-- {x-version-update:java-cloud-bom-tests:current} -->
   <name>A module to test Google Cloud Java BOMs</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-cloud-bom</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bom:0.255.0-rc1:0.255.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
-libraries-bom:26.74.0-rc1:26.74.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
-java-cloud-bom-tests:0.70.0-rc1:0.70.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
-full-convergence-check:0.73.0-rc1:0.73.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bom:0.255.0-rc2:0.255.0-rc2
+libraries-bom:26.74.0-rc2:26.74.0-rc2
+java-cloud-bom-tests:0.70.0-rc2:0.70.0-rc2
+full-convergence-check:0.73.0-rc2:0.73.0-rc2

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`2`		`- ".": "26.74.0-rc1"`
	`2`	`+ ".": "26.74.0-rc2"`
`3`	`3`	`}`