From 1c58550f0e29f819c604a802cbde3c06bb3861e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:24:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore(main): release 5.2.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md         | 10 ++++++++++
 package.json         |  2 +-
 samples/package.json |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca4475285..bab618ee0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google-cloud/pubsub?activeTab=versions
 
+## [5.2.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/compare/v5.2.0...v5.2.1) (2025-12-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Check batch size before re-queueing retried messages ([#2027](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/issues/2027)) ([6c1613f](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/commit/6c1613fdc6258ccb85427fc371e7bac8082f4a96))
+* Move off the remaining rc versions ([#2112](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/issues/2112)) ([a9eb883](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/commit/a9eb88335df62606ab3e6cbe11c1d760d1ddbc96))
+* Only close the rpcSpan once ([#2121](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/issues/2121)) ([118a960](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/commit/118a960b8cfca6203ad1843453c3692b07a94952))
+* Updated span kind to CLIENT for ack and modack rpc spans ([#2029](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/issues/2029)) ([801c1c8](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/commit/801c1c862a986eefe1eddd2e014be4612cd394d8))
+
 ## [5.2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/compare/v5.1.0...v5.2.0) (2025-08-07)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eeb0eac3d..3c10dde3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/pubsub",
   "description": "Cloud Pub/Sub Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "5.2.0",
+  "version": "5.2.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index b62f62e17..476f6edd0 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter": "^2.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/pubsub": "^5.2.0",
+    "@google-cloud/pubsub": "^5.2.1",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^7.11.1",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.6.0",
     "@opentelemetry/resources": "^1.17.0",

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 protos/protos.d.ts | 2 +-
 protos/protos.js   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/protos/protos.d.ts b/protos/protos.d.ts
index 7cb0f3891..e198396e1 100644
--- a/protos/protos.d.ts
+++ b/protos/protos.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+// Copyright 2026 Google LLC
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 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/protos/protos.js b/protos/protos.js
index 0e183b097..a3fdcc20c 100644
--- a/protos/protos.js
+++ b/protos/protos.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+// Copyright 2026 Google LLC
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.