diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 5539fb82c..19ecc2ed8 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - OwlBot Post Processor
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Java GraalVM Native Image'
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Java 17 GraalVM Native Image'
+  - pattern: V3-experimental
+    isAdminEnforced: true
+    requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
+    requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
+    requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
+    requiredStatusCheckContexts:
+      - dependencies (17)
+      - lint
+      - clirr
+      - units (8)
+      - units (11)
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
+      - cla/google
+      - OwlBot Post Processor
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Java GraalVM Native Image'
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Java 17 GraalVM Native Image'
+      - javadoc
   - pattern: 2.15.x
     isAdminEnforced: true
     requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0b333bbe..a6953a424 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.17.6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.17.5...v2.17.6) (2023-11-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove deprecated `databaseId` field in DatastoreOptions ([#1237](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/1237)) ([05e25e5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/05e25e5d31f72f9cdedbb5efa85c64b55ccbc405))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v3.20.0 ([#1247](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/1247)) ([c4e3533](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/c4e3533fe357827cc25d0f029e5a83ced31db12a))
+* Update dependency org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine to v5.10.1 ([#1230](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/1230)) ([05c7fc6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/05c7fc69d52f5a9026a6529f638fe6164860e8f9))
+
 ## [2.17.5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.17.4...v2.17.5) (2023-11-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e7b9830b..31a90d7fb 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>26.26.0</version>
+      <version>26.27.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.4</version>
+  <version>2.17.5</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ If you are using Maven without the 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:26.26.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.27.0')
 
 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:2.17.4'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-datastore:2.17.5'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.17.4"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-datastore" % "2.17.5"
 ```
 <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ 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/2.17.4
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-datastore/2.17.5
 [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/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index e8c0b27f4..7df1765da 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -6,4 +6,15 @@
     <method>java.util.List getSplits(com.google.datastore.v1.Query, com.google.datastore.v1.PartitionId, int, com.google.datastore.v1.client.Datastore, com.google.protobuf.Timestamp)</method>
     <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
   </difference>
+  <!-- removing deprecated/BetaApi methods-->
+  <difference>
+    <className>com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreOptions</className>
+    <method>java.lang.String getDatabaseId()</method>
+    <differenceType>7002</differenceType>
+  </difference>
+  <difference>
+    <className>com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreOptions$Builder</className>
+    <method>com.google.datastore.v1.client.DatastoreOptions$Builder databaseId(java.lang.String)</method>
+    <differenceType>7002</differenceType>
+  </difference>
 </differences>
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index 5b8fa11cf..898147427 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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreOptions.java b/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreOptions.java
index 687410d78..9a7045809 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreOptions.java
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/main/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreOptions.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.Credential;
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
 import com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport;
-import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@
 public class DatastoreOptions {
   private final String projectId;
 
-  @Deprecated private final String databaseId;
-
   private final String projectEndpoint;
   private final String host;
   private final String localHost;
@@ -60,7 +57,6 @@ public class DatastoreOptions {
         b.projectId != null || b.projectEndpoint != null,
         "Either project ID or project endpoint must be provided.");
     this.projectId = b.projectId;
-    this.databaseId = b.databaseId;
     this.projectEndpoint = b.projectEndpoint;
     this.host = b.host;
     this.localHost = b.localHost;
@@ -78,8 +74,6 @@ public static class Builder {
 
     private String projectId;
 
-    @Deprecated private String databaseId;
-
     private String projectEndpoint;
     private String host;
     private String localHost;
@@ -91,7 +85,6 @@ public Builder() {}
 
     public Builder(DatastoreOptions options) {
       this.projectId = options.projectId;
-      this.databaseId = options.databaseId;
       this.projectEndpoint = options.projectEndpoint;
       this.host = options.host;
       this.localHost = options.localHost;
@@ -111,24 +104,6 @@ public Builder projectId(String projectId) {
       return this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This field is ignored and will be removed in a future release. Please set the database id on
-     * the request itself. For example:
-     *
-     * <pre>{@code
-     * CommitRequest.newBuilder()
-     *     .setDatabaseId("my-database-id")
-     *     ....
-     *     .build();
-     * }</pre>
-     */
-    @BetaApi
-    @Deprecated
-    public Builder databaseId(String databaseId) {
-      this.databaseId = databaseId;
-      return this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the host used to access Cloud Datastore. To connect to the Cloud Datastore Emulator, use
      * {@link #localHost} instead.
@@ -203,23 +178,6 @@ public String getProjectId() {
     return projectId;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * This field is ignored and will be removed in a future release. Please set the database id on
-   * the request itself. For example:
-   *
-   * <pre>{@code
-   * CommitRequest.newBuilder()
-   *     .setDatabaseId("my-database-id")
-   *     ....
-   *     .build();
-   * }</pre>
-   */
-  @BetaApi
-  @Deprecated
-  public String getDatabaseId() {
-    return databaseId;
-  }
-
   public String getProjectEndpoint() {
     return projectEndpoint;
   }
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreClientTest.java b/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreClientTest.java
index 3fd82ddca..16a6303bb 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreClientTest.java
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/src/test/java/com/google/datastore/v1/client/DatastoreClientTest.java
@@ -215,19 +215,6 @@ public void create_LocalHost() {
         .isEqualTo("http://localhost:8080/v1/projects/project-id");
   }
 
-  @Test
-  // TODO: remove this test once deprecated `databaseId` is removed
-  public void setDatabaseId() {
-    DatastoreOptions options =
-        new DatastoreOptions.Builder()
-            .projectId(PROJECT_ID)
-            .databaseId("test-db")
-            .localHost("localhost:8080")
-            .build();
-    assertThat(options.getProjectId()).isEqualTo(PROJECT_ID);
-    assertThat(options.getDatabaseId()).isEqualTo("test-db");
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void create_LocalHostIp() {
     Datastore datastore =
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index 71037fd1c..b224a6377 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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</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>0.108.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.108.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
index 018afb17e..34395cc01 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
@@ -1,29 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- see http://mojo.codehaus.org/clirr-maven-plugin/examples/ignored-differences.html -->
 <differences>
+    <!-- renaming internal only class-->
     <difference>
-        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/Datastore</className>
-        <method>java.util.List reserveIds(com.google.cloud.datastore.Key[])</method>
-        <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
+        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/ReadOption$QueryAndReadOptions</className>
+        <method>*</method>
+        <differenceType>8001</differenceType>
     </difference>
     <difference>
-        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/spi/v1/DatastoreRpc</className>
-        <method>com.google.datastore.v1.ReserveIdsResponse reserveIds(com.google.datastore.v1.ReserveIdsRequest)</method>
-        <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
-    </difference>
-    <difference>
-        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/spi/v1/DatastoreRpc</className>
-        <method>com.google.datastore.v1.RunAggregationQueryResponse runAggregationQuery(com.google.datastore.v1.RunAggregationQueryRequest)</method>
-        <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
-    </difference>
-    <difference>
-        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/Datastore</className>
-        <method>com.google.cloud.datastore.AggregationResults runAggregation(com.google.cloud.datastore.AggregationQuery, com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption[])</method>
-        <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
-    </difference>
-    <difference>
-        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/DatastoreReader</className>
-        <method>com.google.cloud.datastore.AggregationResults runAggregation(com.google.cloud.datastore.AggregationQuery)</method>
-        <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
+        <className>com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer</className>
+        <method>*QueryAndReadOptions*</method>
+        <to>*QueryConfig*</to>
+        <differenceType>7005</differenceType>
     </difference>
 </differences>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 89da0bdfe..95cc52943 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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.6</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/ReadOption.java b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/ReadOption.java
index be5644da0..c249e45a6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/ReadOption.java
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/ReadOption.java
@@ -142,17 +142,17 @@ static Map<Class<? extends ReadOption>, ReadOption> asImmutableMap(List<ReadOpti
   }
 
   @InternalApi
-  public static class QueryAndReadOptions<Q extends Query<?>> {
+  public static class QueryConfig<Q extends Query<?>> {
 
     Q query;
     List<ReadOption> readOptions;
 
-    private QueryAndReadOptions(Q query, List<ReadOption> readOptions) {
+    private QueryConfig(Q query, List<ReadOption> readOptions) {
       this.query = query;
       this.readOptions = readOptions;
     }
 
-    private QueryAndReadOptions(Q query) {
+    private QueryConfig(Q query) {
       this.query = query;
       this.readOptions = Collections.emptyList();
     }
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ public List<ReadOption> getReadOptions() {
       return readOptions;
     }
 
-    public static <Q extends Query<?>> QueryAndReadOptions<Q> create(Q query) {
-      return new QueryAndReadOptions<>(query);
+    public static <Q extends Query<?>> QueryConfig<Q> create(Q query) {
+      return new QueryConfig<>(query);
     }
 
-    public static <Q extends Query<?>> QueryAndReadOptions<Q> create(
+    public static <Q extends Query<?>> QueryConfig<Q> create(
         Q query, List<ReadOption> readOptions) {
-      return new QueryAndReadOptions<>(query, readOptions);
+      return new QueryConfig<>(query, readOptions);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/AggregationQueryExecutor.java b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/AggregationQueryExecutor.java
index 14e425845..5a1fdd2c3 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/AggregationQueryExecutor.java
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/AggregationQueryExecutor.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.AggregationResults;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.DatastoreOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption;
-import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption.QueryAndReadOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption.QueryConfig;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.execution.request.AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.execution.response.AggregationQueryResponseTransformer;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.spi.v1.DatastoreRpc;
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ public AggregationResults execute(AggregationQuery query, ReadOption... readOpti
 
   private RunAggregationQueryRequest getRunAggregationQueryRequest(
       AggregationQuery query, ReadOption... readOptions) {
-    QueryAndReadOptions<AggregationQuery> queryAndReadOptions =
+    QueryConfig<AggregationQuery> queryConfig =
         readOptions == null
-            ? QueryAndReadOptions.create(query)
-            : QueryAndReadOptions.create(query, Arrays.asList(readOptions));
-    return this.protoPreparer.prepare(queryAndReadOptions);
+            ? QueryConfig.create(query)
+            : QueryConfig.create(query, Arrays.asList(readOptions));
+    return this.protoPreparer.prepare(queryConfig);
   }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer.java b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer.java
index 5c4fb3e5f..475a47b58 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer.java
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.DatastoreOptions;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.GqlQueryProtoPreparer;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption;
-import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption.QueryAndReadOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption.QueryConfig;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOptionProtoPreparer;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.StructuredQueryProtoPreparer;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.aggregation.Aggregation;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 @InternalApi
 public class AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer
-    implements ProtoPreparer<QueryAndReadOptions<AggregationQuery>, RunAggregationQueryRequest> {
+    implements ProtoPreparer<QueryConfig<AggregationQuery>, RunAggregationQueryRequest> {
 
   private final DatastoreOptions datastoreOptions;
   private final StructuredQueryProtoPreparer structuredQueryProtoPreparer;
@@ -52,10 +52,9 @@ public AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparer(DatastoreOptions datastoreOptions) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public RunAggregationQueryRequest prepare(
-      QueryAndReadOptions<AggregationQuery> aggregationQueryAndReadOptions) {
-    AggregationQuery aggregationQuery = aggregationQueryAndReadOptions.getQuery();
-    List<ReadOption> readOptions = aggregationQueryAndReadOptions.getReadOptions();
+  public RunAggregationQueryRequest prepare(QueryConfig<AggregationQuery> queryConfig) {
+    AggregationQuery aggregationQuery = queryConfig.getQuery();
+    List<ReadOption> readOptions = queryConfig.getReadOptions();
     PartitionId partitionId = getPartitionId(aggregationQuery);
     RunAggregationQueryRequest.Builder aggregationQueryRequestBuilder =
         RunAggregationQueryRequest.newBuilder()
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparerTest.java b/google-cloud-datastore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparerTest.java
index 5fbb35b6e..0f22828d9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparerTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/datastore/execution/request/AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparerTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.GqlQuery;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.Query;
 import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption;
-import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption.QueryAndReadOptions;
+import com.google.cloud.datastore.ReadOption.QueryConfig;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.datastore.v1.RunAggregationQueryRequest;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class AggregationQueryRequestProtoPreparerTest {
   @Test
   public void shouldPrepareAggregationQueryRequestWithGivenStructuredQuery() {
     RunAggregationQueryRequest runAggregationQueryRequest =
-        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryAndReadOptions.create(AGGREGATION_OVER_STRUCTURED_QUERY));
+        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryConfig.create(AGGREGATION_OVER_STRUCTURED_QUERY));
 
     assertThat(runAggregationQueryRequest.getProjectId()).isEqualTo(PROJECT_ID);
     assertThat(runAggregationQueryRequest.getDatabaseId()).isEqualTo(DATABASE_ID);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public void shouldPrepareAggregationQueryRequestWithGivenStructuredQuery() {
   @Test
   public void shouldPrepareAggregationQueryRequestWithGivenGqlQuery() {
     RunAggregationQueryRequest runAggregationQueryRequest =
-        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryAndReadOptions.create(AGGREGATION_OVER_GQL_QUERY));
+        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryConfig.create(AGGREGATION_OVER_GQL_QUERY));
 
     assertThat(runAggregationQueryRequest.getProjectId()).isEqualTo(PROJECT_ID);
     assertThat(runAggregationQueryRequest.getDatabaseId()).isEqualTo(DATABASE_ID);
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ public void shouldPrepareAggregationQueryWithNamespaceFromDatastoreOptions() {
         Query.newAggregationQueryBuilder().over(COMPLETED_TASK_GQL_QUERY).build();
 
     RunAggregationQueryRequest runAggregationQueryFromStructuredQuery =
-        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryAndReadOptions.create(structuredQueryWithoutNamespace));
+        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryConfig.create(structuredQueryWithoutNamespace));
     RunAggregationQueryRequest runAggregationQueryFromGqlQuery =
-        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryAndReadOptions.create(gqlQueryWithoutNamespace));
+        protoPreparer.prepare(QueryConfig.create(gqlQueryWithoutNamespace));
 
     assertThat(runAggregationQueryFromStructuredQuery.getPartitionId().getNamespaceId())
         .isEqualTo(NAMESPACE);
@@ -183,6 +183,6 @@ public void shouldPrepareAggregationQueryWithNamespaceFromDatastoreOptions() {
   }
 
   private RunAggregationQueryRequest prepareQuery(AggregationQuery query, ReadOption readOption) {
-    return protoPreparer.prepare(QueryAndReadOptions.create(query, singletonList(readOption)));
+    return protoPreparer.prepare(QueryConfig.create(query, singletonList(readOption)));
   }
 }
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index 8951daba1..c904b9827 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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcb632e53..676ba69b5 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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
   <description>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>3.19.0</version>
+        <version>3.20.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -159,27 +159,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.108.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.108.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.6</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 17c9cf990..45f206659 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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.6</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 65bae9fe6..7563d6f56 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>0.108.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.108.6</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>2.17.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.6</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 ee83c55b1..79297daf4 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>2.17.4</version>
+      <version>2.17.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END datastore_install_without_bom] -->
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.0</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-snippets-source</id>
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index 2e5ca1785..9ceacb5d5 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>26.26.0</version>
+        <version>26.27.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
-          <version>5.10.0</version>
+          <version>5.10.1</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin
             </artifactId> <!-- Must use older version of surefire plugin for native-image testing. -->
-            <version>3.2.1</version>
+            <version>3.2.2</version>
             <configuration>
               <includes>
                 <include>**/IT*</include>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index d06377121..ed5fc68f4 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>2.17.5</version>
+      <version>2.17.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.0</version>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>add-snippets-source</id>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 03b08298e..6cc5f1086 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>26.26.0</version>
+        <version>26.27.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index f8fa33ea0..e3de8713c 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.17.5:2.17.5
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.17.5:2.17.5
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.108.5:0.108.5
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.17.5:2.17.5
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.17.5:2.17.5
-grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.17.5:2.17.5
+google-cloud-datastore:2.17.6:2.17.6
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.17.6:2.17.6
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.108.6:0.108.6
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.17.6:2.17.6
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.17.6:2.17.6
+grpc-google-cloud-datastore-admin-v1:2.17.6:2.17.6