diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 0f0647b00e..288e394897 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:e76136cc48f90aa19ba29cdfbd4002111467e44a1c9d905867d98dafafbd03bb
+  digest: sha256:9de537d592b60e5eac73b374a28263969bae91ecdb29b445e894576fbf54851c
diff --git a/.kokoro/requirements.in b/.kokoro/requirements.in
index 924f94ae6f..a5010f77d4 100644
--- a/.kokoro/requirements.in
+++ b/.kokoro/requirements.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pycparser==2.21
 pyperclip==1.8.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 requests==2.27.1
-certifi==2022.9.24
+certifi==2022.12.7
 importlib-metadata==4.8.3
 zipp==3.6.0
 google_api_core==2.8.2
diff --git a/.kokoro/requirements.txt b/.kokoro/requirements.txt
index 71fcafc703..15c404aa5a 100644
--- a/.kokoro/requirements.txt
+++ b/.kokoro/requirements.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ cachetools==4.2.4 \
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   google-auth
-certifi==2022.9.24 \
-    --hash=sha256:0d9c601124e5a6ba9712dbc60d9c53c21e34f5f641fe83002317394311bdce14 \
-    --hash=sha256:90c1a32f1d68f940488354e36370f6cca89f0f106db09518524c88d6ed83f382
+certifi==2022.12.7 \
+    --hash=sha256:35824b4c3a97115964b408844d64aa14db1cc518f6562e8d7261699d1350a9e3 \
+    --hash=sha256:4ad3232f5e926d6718ec31cfc1fcadfde020920e278684144551c91769c7bc18
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   requests
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c07611802..d1eb0eaf14 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.17.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.17.0...v2.17.1) (2022-12-13)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring-bom to v3.8.0 ([#1548](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/1548)) ([48f136d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/48f136dc1422d601d5470a33763e37514cf620de))
+
 ## [2.17.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.16.0...v2.17.0) (2022-12-07)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59f306a32a..be062c7f26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -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-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>2.16.0</version>
+  <version>2.17.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:2.16.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:2.17.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "2.16.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "2.17.0"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
index 80a42e631d..699bba9f85 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -63,42 +63,42 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+          <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-          <version>0.154.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+          <version>0.154.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-          <version>0.154.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+          <version>0.154.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
               <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-stats</artifactId>
-              <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+              <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
           </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
index 7ab661d388..a3b5235899 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-monitoring-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <version>3.8.0</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <!-- using the perfmark version in opencensus -->
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
index 99cd4fa506..65376f3054 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.154.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.154.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
 
   <description>
     A Java wrapper for the Cloud Bigtable emulator.
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index 6cdcefa664..7e4c290b32 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-  <version>0.154.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.154.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java - Bigtable Emulator</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:googleapis/java-bigtable.git</connection>
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.154.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+      <version>0.154.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/pom.xml
index daf21a5f1e..2718b17260 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-stats/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         through Stackdriver. Built-in metrics will be implemented with shaded OpenCensus so it won't interfere with
         customer's application metrics. -->
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-stats</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <description>Experimental project to shade OpenCensus dependencies.</description>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+                <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index b1bc0683db..cb1a188c2f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/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-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Bigtable</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <!-- The version that will be embedded in the published jar via maven-resources-plugin -->
-    <java-bigtable.version>2.17.0</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <java-bigtable.version>2.17.1</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
 
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
index 019e3a671b..ac7d3bd20c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 @InternalApi("For internal use only")
 public final class Version {
   // {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-bigtable:current}
-  public static String VERSION = "2.17.0";
+  public static String VERSION = "2.17.1";
   // {x-version-update-end}
 }
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index c2f3e0dbac..8a842f6959 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index dc0ce10e7d..3f2b256609 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51e19cdb85..afeee0d024 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Parent</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
     <description>
@@ -153,27 +153,27 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+                <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <!-- Test Deps in alphabetical order -->
             <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 03c9d7176c..76825ef41a 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 54fd909ddf..99ae44e02a 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index b35f503d64..656b7cf8ed 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-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END bigtable_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 279ff34eb5..69a5bf97aa 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/test-proxy/README.md b/test-proxy/README.md
index a97f40094e..287c3a0f13 100644
--- a/test-proxy/README.md
+++ b/test-proxy/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 The CBT test proxy is intended for running confromance tests for Cloug Bigtable Java Client.
 
-## Set up 
+## Set up
 
 If you have not already done so, [install golang](https://go.dev/doc/install), then clone the go test library:
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/googleapis/cloud-bigtable-clients-test.git
 
 ## Start test proxy
 
-Build the proxy with the latest version of the client
+Build the proxy with the latest/head version of the client
 
 ```
 cd java-bigtable
@@ -24,20 +24,13 @@ mvn clean install
 Start the proxy on default port 9999
 
 ```
-mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.google.cloud.bigtable.testproxy.CbtTestProxyMain
+java -jar target/google-cloud-bigtable-test-proxy-<proxy_version>.jar
 ```
 
 Start the proxy on a different port
 
 ```
-mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.google.cloud.bigtable.testproxy.CbtTestProxyMain -Dport=1
-```
-
-Build and start the proxy with an older version of the client
-
-```
-mvn clean install -Dbigtable.client.version=<client_version> -Denforcer.skip
-mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.google.cloud.bigtable.testproxy.CbtTestProxyMain
+java -Dport=1 -jar target/google-cloud-bigtable-test-proxy-<proxy_version>.jar
 ```
 
 ## Run the test cases
@@ -46,3 +39,12 @@ mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=com.google.cloud.bigtable.testproxy.CbtTestProxyM
 cd cloud-bigtable-clients-test/tests
 go test -v -proxy_addr=:9999
 ```
+
+## Test a released client
+
+To do so, you need to build the proxy with the released version of the client.
+Please download the source code
+[here](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/releases), and repeat the
+above steps.
+
+Note that Kokoro presubmit test doesn't use this route.
diff --git a/test-proxy/pom.xml b/test-proxy/pom.xml
index d0ce5a4795..23b3f8fe1e 100644
--- a/test-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/test-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.17.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.17.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
-    <bigtable.client.version>2.17.0</bigtable.client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <bigtable.client.version>2.17.1</bigtable.client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -134,6 +134,38 @@
             <skip>true</skip>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>shade</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <configuration>
+                <filters>
+                  <filter>
+                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                    <excludes>
+                      <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                      <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                      <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                  </filter>
+                </filters>
+                <transformers>
+                  <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer" />
+                  <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                    <manifestEntries>
+                      <Main-Class>com.google.cloud.bigtable.testproxy.CbtTestProxyMain</Main-Class>
+                    </manifestEntries>
+                  </transformer>
+                </transformers>
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
         <!-- end skip publishing to maven central -->
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d7585f93f5..057baba7fa 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigtable:2.17.0:2.17.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.17.0:2.17.0
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.17.0:2.17.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.17.0:2.17.0
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.17.0:2.17.0
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.154.0:0.154.0
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core:2.17.0:2.17.0
+google-cloud-bigtable:2.17.1:2.17.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.17.1:2.17.1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.17.1:2.17.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.17.1:2.17.1
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.17.1:2.17.1
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.154.1:0.154.1
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core:2.17.1:2.17.1