diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 459487d38..cb4ea018e 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:ae72564aa9c368b9ccd96f4af21f87889fd83b9e60635b80844deb5a2ccd08aa
+  digest: sha256:bd316b9a591c45264775ecaba72e37d65905925c323b68e51a08c4126e4b6d0a
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9b3bc40c..1bbdd2523 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.12.4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.12.3...v2.12.4) (2022-11-07)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:junit-platform-native to v0.9.17 ([#906](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/906)) ([294e6a8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/294e6a86ff653d6f3f77369f408c970c4a236f96))
+* Update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin to v0.9.17 ([#907](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/907)) ([6f8a518](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/6f8a5184c04e9499c02e5589d73fc492bc980213))
+
 ## [2.12.3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.12.2...v2.12.3) (2022-10-24)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a2b026bb6..79d0d0170 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file:
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>26.1.3</version>
+      <version>26.1.4</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.12.1</version>
+  <version>2.12.3</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -49,20 +49,20 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.1.3')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.1.4')
 
 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:2.12.2'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore:2.12.3'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.12.2"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.12.3"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index 58ac1e772..30a138cc3 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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.12.4</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 7f94e2b5b..ee7e1a56c 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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</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>0.103.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.103.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index f0d6425ba..537a0214c 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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/admin/v1/DatastoreAdminClient.java b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/admin/v1/DatastoreAdminClient.java
index 30669e338..ce6c39fac 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/admin/v1/DatastoreAdminClient.java
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/admin/v1/DatastoreAdminClient.java
@@ -192,10 +192,7 @@
  * // - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service client as shown in
  * // https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/setup#configure_endpoints_for_the_client_library
  * DatastoreAdminSettings datastoreAdminSettings =
- *     DatastoreAdminSettings.newBuilder()
- *         .setTransportChannelProvider(
- *             DatastoreAdminSettings.defaultHttpJsonTransportProviderBuilder().build())
- *         .build();
+ *     DatastoreAdminSettings.newHttpJsonBuilder().build();
  * DatastoreAdminClient datastoreAdminClient = DatastoreAdminClient.create(datastoreAdminSettings);
  * }</pre>
  *
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index 7f8643198..5b1a25205 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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31656d64c..cf3c16146 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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.103.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.103.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
         <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.4</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 a5dce64ad..29d351453 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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.12.4</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 06db222b0..f4ef6c20e 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>0.103.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.103.4</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>2.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.12.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index dd883c592..218386b7d 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-      <version>2.12.1</version>
+      <version>2.12.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END datastore_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index e92360721..b9f22b24e 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.1.3</version>
+        <version>26.1.4</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit-platform-native</artifactId>
-          <version>0.9.16</version>
+          <version>0.9.17</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>0.9.16</version>
+            <version>0.9.17</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
               <mainClass>com.example.datastore.NativeImageDatastoreSample</mainClass>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index c00f576d5..8932b2941 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>2.12.1</version>
+      <version>2.12.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 995c8800b..c8d008cfd 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.1.3</version>
+        <version>26.1.4</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/snippets/ConceptsTest.java b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/snippets/ConceptsTest.java
index b22efc6fb..4013dbe04 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/snippets/ConceptsTest.java
+++ b/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/snippets/ConceptsTest.java
@@ -1145,4 +1145,31 @@ public void testInQuerySorted() {
     // [END datastore_in_query_sorted]
     assertValidQueryRealBackend(query);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testStaleReads() {
+    setUpQueryTestsRealBackend();
+    Datastore datastoreClient = datastoreRealBackend;
+    // [START datastore_stale_read]
+    Key taskKey =
+        datastoreClient
+            .newKeyFactory()
+            .setKind("Task")
+            .addAncestors(PathElement.of("TaskList", "default"))
+            .newKey("someTask");
+
+    Timestamp fifteenSecondsAgo =
+        Timestamp.ofTimeSecondsAndNanos(Timestamp.now().getSeconds() - 15L, 0);
+    // Create a readOption with read time fifteenSecondsAgo
+    ReadOption readOption = ReadOption.readTime(fifteenSecondsAgo);
+    // Use the readOption to Fetch entity
+    Entity entity = datastoreClient.get(taskKey, readOption);
+
+    // Use the readOption to Query kind Task
+    Query<Entity> query = Query.newEntityQueryBuilder().setKind("Task").setLimit(10).build();
+    QueryResults<Entity> results = datastoreClient.run(query, readOption);
+    Entity result = results.next();
+    // [END datastore_stale_read]
+    assertValidQueryRealBackend(query);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index cd8731ba8..22f2d207b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.12.3:2.12.3
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.12.3:2.12.3
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.103.3:0.103.3
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.12.3:2.12.3
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.12.3:2.12.3
-grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.12.3:2.12.3
+google-cloud-datastore:2.12.4:2.12.4
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.12.4:2.12.4
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.103.4:0.103.4
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.12.4:2.12.4
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.12.4:2.12.4
+grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.12.4:2.12.4