diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0d148f72e53c..fae57b8c4cbb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
   "google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v2": "1.7.1",
   "google-cloud-speech-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-storage": "1.60.0",
+  "google-cloud-storage": "1.61.0",
   "google-cloud-storage+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-storage-control": "1.3.0",
   "google-cloud-storage-control+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
index 78ca651a3924..130f1d434191 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.61.0 (2026-05-23)
+
+#### Features
+
+* Update minimum Ruby to v3.2 and support v4.0 ([#33814](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33814)) 
+
 ### 1.60.0 (2026-05-11)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
index f37f7b625f16..b222647520bd 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Storage
-      VERSION = "1.60.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.61.0".freeze
     end
   end
 end