diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 27cc0f3ecba2..ade77758f407 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@
   "google-cloud-speech-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1": "0.28.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-speech-v2": "1.6.0",
+  "google-cloud-speech-v2": "1.7.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-storage": "1.59.0",
   "google-cloud-storage+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech-v2/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-speech-v2/CHANGELOG.md
index 6fd44c1370e3..ee7e4644d690 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech-v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-speech-v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 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-v2/lib/google/cloud/speech/v2/version.rb b/google-cloud-speech-v2/lib/google/cloud/speech/v2/version.rb
index f3cd1219969b..69692ad9aa43 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech-v2/lib/google/cloud/speech/v2/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-speech-v2/lib/google/cloud/speech/v2/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Speech
       module V2
-        VERSION = "1.6.0"
+        VERSION = "1.7.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-speech-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v2.json b/google-cloud-speech-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v2.json
index d6f580e50db3..e31b24995813 100644
--- a/google-cloud-speech-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v2.json
+++ b/google-cloud-speech-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.speech.v2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-speech-v2",
-    "version": "1.6.0",
+    "version": "1.7.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {