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From: "release-please[bot]"
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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:22:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.44.0 (#2338)

:robot: I have created a release *beep* *boop*
---


## [2.44.0](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.43.0...v2.44.0) (2024-09-16)


### Features

* Add APIs to enable hot backups ([#2313](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2313)) ([6d004cd](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/6d004cd0809d02eeff05d5e90faf5e145f13d11e))
* Add support for awaiting Data Boost ([#2329](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2329)) ([8556574](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/85565742645537d1b55a1a52521d2ccf44b4d00c))


### Dependencies

* Update shared dependencies ([#2337](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2337)) ([dc65bd5](https://togithub.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/dc65bd5a39cfe0c25a6b955f9f4d9367df334211))

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---
 CHANGELOG.md                                     | 13 +++++++++++++
 google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml                | 16 ++++++++--------
 google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml           |  2 +-
 google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml      |  4 ++--
 google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml           | 10 +++++-----
 google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml                    | 10 +++++-----
 .../java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java  |  2 +-
 grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml      |  8 ++++----
 grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml            |  8 ++++----
 pom.xml                                          | 12 ++++++------
 proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml     |  8 ++++----
 proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml           |  8 ++++----
 samples/snapshot/pom.xml                         |  2 +-
 test-proxy/pom.xml                               |  4 ++--
 versions.txt                                     | 14 +++++++-------
 15 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f09028149b..7f7341fbc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.43.0...v2.44.0) (2024-09-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add APIs to enable hot backups ([#2313](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2313)) ([6d004cd](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/6d004cd0809d02eeff05d5e90faf5e145f13d11e))
+* Add support for awaiting Data Boost ([#2329](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2329)) ([8556574](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/85565742645537d1b55a1a52521d2ccf44b4d00c))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update shared dependencies ([#2337](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2337)) ([dc65bd5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/dc65bd5a39cfe0c25a6b955f9f4d9367df334211))
+
 ## [2.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.42.0...v2.43.0) (2024-08-22)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
index 3c7807e20b..683f2fe579 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -63,37 +63,37 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-          <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+          <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-          <version>0.180.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+          <version>0.181.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-          <version>0.180.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+          <version>0.181.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
index d796699a90..69fa8f2af4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
index f4266f447e..5b6c26e383 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.180.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.181.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
 
   <description>
     A Java wrapper for the Cloud Bigtable emulator.
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index 7a42278fc6..7e18c4bab0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-  <version>0.180.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.181.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java - Bigtable Emulator</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:googleapis/java-bigtable.git</connection>
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.180.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+      <version>0.181.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index a70a6e8d78..d17c3631aa 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Bigtable</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <!-- The version that will be embedded in the published jar via maven-resources-plugin -->
-    <java-bigtable.version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <java-bigtable.version>2.44.0</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
 
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
index c6ff04a375..1c5d1f5c21 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 @InternalApi("For internal use only")
 public final class Version {
   // {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-bigtable:current}
-  public static String VERSION = "2.43.1-SNAPSHOT";
+  public static String VERSION = "2.44.0";
   // {x-version-update-end}
 }
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index eceb415823..1f3179f1ef 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index a8ffb76906..e7d0fadc33 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13f1c8bd6d..b2d0bc42b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Parent</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
     <description>
@@ -153,27 +153,27 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-                <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+                <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <!-- Test Deps in alphabetical order -->
             <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 99aa0c058b..09f3cfa3ed 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 787fbd46da..12c94d469b 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 998a418958..e7c437ef9f 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/test-proxy/pom.xml b/test-proxy/pom.xml
index f84dd9d1e8..6c3bde4f5b 100644
--- a/test-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/test-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
-    <bigtable.client.version>2.43.1-SNAPSHOT</bigtable.client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <bigtable.client.version>2.44.0</bigtable.client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 329a393176..06b16b8fde 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigtable:2.43.0:2.43.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.43.0:2.43.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.43.0:2.43.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.43.0:2.43.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.43.0:2.43.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.180.0:0.180.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core:0.180.0:0.180.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigtable:2.44.0:2.44.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.44.0:2.44.0
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.44.0:2.44.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.44.0:2.44.0
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.44.0:2.44.0
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.181.0:0.181.0
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core:0.181.0:0.181.0