diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fdd9c9110..2d73e0e16 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.33.0"
+  ".": "2.33.1-rc1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fe8b5d8b..4e642a72e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.33.1-rc1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.33.0...v2.33.1-rc1) (2025-12-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* next release candidate ([4824f2b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/4824f2b214d3addcf25235f43cc9bf4a2ebb0a76))
+
 ## [2.33.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.32.3...v2.33.0) (2025-11-13)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7438bedc..858900fcf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore:2.33.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore:2.33.1-rc1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.33.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.33.1-rc1"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-datastore/java11.html
 [stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore.svg
-[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore/2.33.0
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore/2.33.1-rc1
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication
 [auth-scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes
 [predefined-iam-roles]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#predefined_roles
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index 0884871eb..e142fc3df 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
   <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index 6e7f899dd..6a85d12e7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,22 +52,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.124.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.124.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-utils/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-utils/pom.xml
index af2759b13..fe6f00f43 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-utils/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-utils</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Google Cloud Datastore Utilities</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
     </parent>
     <properties>
         <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore-utils</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index ad2b6b319..f5a91033f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/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-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index 51550056c..af11306f6 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index d23f5b52b..f3d1c79f2 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c38763d5c..7560a08f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
   <description>
@@ -159,27 +159,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.124.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.124.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
         <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index e7eb00a7e..040fef756 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-datastore</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index e479bf054..82b636b40 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.124.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.124.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.33.1-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 4ca499b76..f6bc08c50 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-      <version>2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.33.1-rc1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index b82e5da8e..6634d860e 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.33.0:2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.33.0:2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.124.0:0.124.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.33.0:2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.33.0:2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.33.0:2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1:2.33.0:2.33.1-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-datastore:2.33.1-rc1:2.33.1-rc1
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.33.1-rc1:2.33.1-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.124.1-rc1:0.124.1-rc1
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.33.1-rc1:2.33.1-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.33.1-rc1:2.33.1-rc1
+grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.33.1-rc1:2.33.1-rc1
+grpc-google-cloud-datastore-v1:2.33.1-rc1:2.33.1-rc1