diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 27cc0f3ecba2..bf34626c2a04 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@
   "google-cloud-spanner-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-speech": "2.1.0",
   "google-cloud-speech+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-speech-v1": "1.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-speech-v1": "1.7.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1": "0.28.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-speech-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index 6632e8a9477d..eb3a98b2e77e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-speech-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.7.0 (2026-04-02)
+
+#### Features
+
+* publish client batch config schema ([#33439](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33439)) 
+
 ### 1.6.0 (2026-03-19)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech-v1/lib/google/cloud/speech/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-speech-v1/lib/google/cloud/speech/v1/version.rb
index 2e25782aa1aa..17f9591f29c9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech-v1/lib/google/cloud/speech/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-speech-v1/lib/google/cloud/speech/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Speech
       module V1
-        VERSION = "1.6.0"
+        VERSION = "1.7.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v1.json b/google-cloud-speech-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v1.json
index 3395e622332b..ab365c9ff00b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v1.json
+++ b/google-cloud-speech-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-speech-v1",
-    "version": "1.6.0",
+    "version": "1.7.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {