diff --git a/.github/release-please.yml b/.github/release-please.yml
index 91df64cd7..15303ab7a 100644
--- a/.github/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/release-please.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ branches:
     branch: 1.116.x
   - bumpMinorPreMajor: true
     handleGHRelease: true
-    releaseType: java-lts
+    releaseType: java-backport
     branch: 1.117.x
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3f25b74c8..690e2fa10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.120.21](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/compare/v1.120.20...v1.120.21) (2022-10-14)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v2.17.0 ([#1334](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/issues/1334)) ([d2edb44](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/commit/d2edb4457a5a5fdee006b34b1de265b7e73a26e1))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v2.17.1 ([#1340](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/issues/1340)) ([2b9c2e8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/commit/2b9c2e8af4f83dd8d51272a0539c7ade05041a68))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core to v2.8.21 ([#1341](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/issues/1341)) ([d219a56](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/commit/d219a56de3c5a3e5455c3ca063bf0e363a4c476a))
+* Update dependency org.graalvm.buildtools:junit-platform-native to v0.9.14 ([#1296](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/issues/1296)) ([00f61aa](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/commit/00f61aab905300986945bb67a8737779c3f72da6))
+
 ## [1.120.20](https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub/compare/v1.120.19...v1.120.20) (2022-10-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d9a53070..9fecfecaf 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>26.1.2</version>
+      <version>26.1.3</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-  <version>1.120.18</version>
+  <version>1.120.20</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -51,20 +51,20 @@ 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:26.1.2')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.1.3')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub'
 ```
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub:1.120.19'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-pubsub:1.120.20'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-pubsub" % "1.120.19"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-pubsub" % "1.120.20"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pubsub-bom/pom.xml
index 1e0f81a8b..9633b9c37 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+  <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-        <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+        <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.102.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.102.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.102.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.102.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
index aa195445d..c3c5b319d 100644
--- a/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-pubsub/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-  <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+  <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Pub/Sub</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+    <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-pubsub</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml
index 42cdd08fa..9c80eb199 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.102.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.102.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+    <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af19f6597..456a3c2ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+  <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Pub/Sub Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-pubsub</url>
   <description>
@@ -69,17 +69,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.102.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.102.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.102.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.102.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-        <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+        <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml
index 6fd73d97a..f2287a6b2 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.102.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.102.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.120.20</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
+    <version>1.120.21</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-pubsub:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 6c86eb7a3..317bb621b 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>1.120.18</version>
+      <version>1.120.20</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END pubsub_install_without_bom] -->
 
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.20</version>
+      <version>2.8.21</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.1</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
index 58b7ba9b7..8e7e6a683 100644
--- a/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/native-image-sample/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.1.2</version>
+        <version>26.1.3</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit-platform-native</artifactId>
-          <version>0.9.13</version>
+          <version>0.9.14</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 5f74c3a62..4e43c4cec 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
-      <version>1.120.20</version>
+      <version>1.120.21</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.20</version>
+      <version>2.8.21</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.1</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 02c78f21f..8491cb11f 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>26.1.2</version>
+        <version>26.1.3</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.20</version>
+      <version>2.8.21</version>
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END_EXCLUDE] -->
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 38854f312..1346bb7db 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-pubsub:1.120.20:1.120.20
-grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:1.102.20:1.102.20
-proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:1.102.20:1.102.20
+google-cloud-pubsub:1.120.21:1.120.21
+grpc-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:1.102.21:1.102.21
+proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1:1.102.21:1.102.21