diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65684cbd3..6263953c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.1.12](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/compare/v2.1.11...v2.1.12) (2022-01-07)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* removed default model comment and added comment to test ([#997](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/997)) ([9959aea](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/9959aea2e3fca2ec2202a0b3cccb5a2aae793c72))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v2.6.0 ([#1001](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1001)) ([482394c](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/482394cae2186e4eea4d3c5929a27f5405a4a478))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core to v2.3.4 ([#1004](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1004)) ([084fe87](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/084fe87fcecdc1e33b8ca806040abd149be4a1ea))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.6.0 ([#1006](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/issues/1006)) ([4cd4c00](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/commit/4cd4c008bf4f178e7fbde6cb1c408ba949616d31))
+
 ### [2.1.11](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-automl/compare/v2.1.10...v2.1.11) (2021-12-06)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
index 2d056a345..f9232e0e4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-automl-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml b/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
index 6f482cbb0..d7c35f548 100644
--- a/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-automl/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud AutoML</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-automl</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
index 7796d10af..fb0b91377 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
index c1ab7a88d..e3af788bf 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.88.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 471503cc1..8bb629f0f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud AutoML Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-automl</url>
   <description>
@@ -62,27 +62,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.88.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
index 57e965aa6..194463a1e 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-automl-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
index a813dad67..67bbec7cf 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.88.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-automl-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.12</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-automl:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index bcb168b29..f6e0e3be3 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-automl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.1.12</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 934803f48..e716106b1 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-automl:2.1.11:2.1.12-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.11:0.88.12-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.11:2.1.12-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.11:0.88.12-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.11:2.1.12-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-automl:2.1.12:2.1.12
+grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.12:0.88.12
+grpc-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.12:2.1.12
+proto-google-cloud-automl-v1beta1:0.88.12:0.88.12
+proto-google-cloud-automl-v1:2.1.12:2.1.12