diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 831983ab8..c75130279 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.6.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-compute/compare/v1.6.0...v1.6.1) (2022-01-07)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.6.0 ([#600](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-compute/issues/600)) ([254fded](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-compute/commit/254fded80cc28e18ff4a05fb0741c8f372c5e5f7))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-compute/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2021-12-07)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-compute-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-compute-bom/pom.xml
index aa5ab795a..7b73b6a59 100644
--- a/google-cloud-compute-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-compute-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-compute-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+  <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-compute</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+        <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-compute-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml b/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml
index 7cc1e5f92..9e8c2c47c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-compute/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-compute</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+  <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Compute Engine</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-compute</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-compute-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-compute</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a3b7f032..d6b5156ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-compute-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+  <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
   <name>Google Compute Engine Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-compute</url>
   <description>
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-compute</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+        <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-compute-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-compute-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-compute-v1/pom.xml
index 9b837ae11..9a8740114 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-compute-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-compute-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-compute-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-compute-v1</name>
   <description>Proto library for google-cloud-compute</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-compute-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
+    <version>1.6.1-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-compute:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index aea749c9e..73a911f94 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-compute:1.6.0-beta:1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:1.6.0-beta:1.6.1-beta-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-compute:1.6.1-beta:1.6.1-beta
+proto-google-cloud-compute-v1:1.6.1-beta:1.6.1-beta