diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3630549..2fbff610 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.9](https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager/compare/v2.3.8...v2.3.9) (2022-09-30)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util to v3.21.7 ([#876](https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager/issues/876)) ([6d296f3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager/commit/6d296f37bb1b37d7f93c331b325aecb0a28bdd6e))
+
 ## [2.3.8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager/compare/v2.3.7...v2.3.8) (2022-09-28)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a6f741b..1aa3267e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.7</version>
+  <version>2.3.8</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-secretmanager'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-secretmanager:2.3.7'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-secretmanager:2.3.8'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-secretmanager" % "2.3.7"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-secretmanager" % "2.3.8"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-secretmanager-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-secretmanager-bom/pom.xml
index 7333dd8e..c2dd89a2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-secretmanager-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-secretmanager-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-secretmanager/pom.xml b/google-cloud-secretmanager/pom.xml
index c4257839..d94ac4c4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-secretmanager/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-secretmanager/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Secret Manager</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-secretmanager</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml
index 06282433..b237abdd 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml
index dfa64780..7d5852d1 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8689460..89f4079f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud secretmanager Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-secretmanager</url>
   <description>
@@ -61,27 +61,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml
index 878b8acf..d5ade283 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 06aaaa27..56d080a5 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-secretmanager:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index e4c0faa9..a74ed45a 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.7</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END secretmanager_install_without_bom] -->
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.21.6</version>
+      <version>3.21.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index a3e9fa62..95209c64 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.7</version>
+      <version>2.3.8</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.21.6</version>
+      <version>3.21.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 9ab07f6f..f7271d7d 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.21.6</version>
+      <version>3.21.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 5ea733b9..19148014 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-secretmanager:2.3.8:2.3.8
-grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:2.3.8:2.3.8
-grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:2.3.8:2.3.8
-proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:2.3.8:2.3.8
-proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:2.3.8:2.3.8
+google-cloud-secretmanager:2.3.9:2.3.9
+grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:2.3.9:2.3.9
+grpc-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:2.3.9:2.3.9
+proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1:2.3.9:2.3.9
+proto-google-cloud-secretmanager-v1beta1:2.3.9:2.3.9