diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5bd0a0dec760..c49dc206bd92 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
   "google-cloud-bigtable+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2": "1.19.0",
   "google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigtable-v2": "1.16.0",
+  "google-cloud-bigtable-v2": "1.17.0",
   "google-cloud-bigtable-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-billing": "1.8.1",
   "google-cloud-billing+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/CHANGELOG.md
index b5dc5ec889af..3640a7793f99 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.17.0 (2026-08-20)
+
+#### Features
+
+* add microsecond_timestamp feature flag ([#36258](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/36258)) 
+
 ### 1.16.0 (2026-08-13)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/v2/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/v2/version.rb
index 5977d06b0036..ef7219c63db9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/v2/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/v2/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Bigtable
       module V2
-        VERSION = "1.16.0"
+        VERSION = "1.17.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.bigtable.v2.json b/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.bigtable.v2.json
index 648cb7177987..3f81ffaee2e2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.bigtable.v2.json
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.bigtable.v2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-bigtable-v2",
-    "version": "1.16.0",
+    "version": "1.17.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {
diff --git a/librarian.yaml b/librarian.yaml
index 7ef54baa0f79..3529f2bde744 100644
--- a/librarian.yaml
+++ b/librarian.yaml
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ libraries:
       - test/google/cloud/bigtable/admin/v2/gcrule_oneof_test.rb
     skip_generate: true
   - name: google-cloud-bigtable-v2
-    version: 1.16.0
+    version: 1.17.0
     apis:
       - path: google/bigtable/v2
         ruby: