diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db3f9a4e91..5310f5d6b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.26.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v1.26.0...v1.26.1) (2021-06-07)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v1.3.0 ([#857](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/857)) ([fd2bf65](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/fd2bf656629e21e01e9a877c00eaed018889cc37))
+* update truth-proto-extension to 1.1.3 and exclude protobuf-java from its dependencies ([#854](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/854)) ([e7773ee](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/e7773eed9f34ab4d104df5c09aefb5a302ab4186))
+
 ## [1.26.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v1.25.0...v1.26.0) (2021-06-03)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
index c2c66f0482..a3cef3c924 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -72,32 +72,32 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-                <version>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+                <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-                <version>0.135.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+                <version>0.135.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>1.26.1</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 21a161c1d4..f602757e9a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index 27058d46c8..723dcef4bc 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>0.135.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.135.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:googleapis/java-bigtable.git</connection>
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 69169c096c..ee51b39e24 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <java-bigtable.version>1.26.1</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
 
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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 a813fe29b4..8951c9dd40 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 = "1.26.1-SNAPSHOT";
+  public static String VERSION = "1.26.1";
   // {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 7cdc6d0650..ea786f7880 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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 0d55a9b08b..4f4632b453 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d593dc6a35..01e8bd397c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Parent</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
     <description>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 9cc7d73fe2..283ad2145e 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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 075a57a307..c0a7d46fda 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>1.26.1</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 8369e7b807..c9c689ceed 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>1.26.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>1.26.1</version>
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 11f53ca536..7e64ab1854 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigtable:1.26.0:1.26.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.26.0:1.26.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.26.0:1.26.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.26.0:1.26.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.26.0:1.26.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.135.0:0.135.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigtable:1.26.1:1.26.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.26.1:1.26.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.26.1:1.26.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:1.26.1:1.26.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:1.26.1:1.26.1
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.135.1:0.135.1