diff --git a/java-core/CHANGELOG.md b/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 36fd5e5d4a57..d5821762db5d 100644
--- a/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.7.1...v2.8.0) (2022-06-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add build scripts for native image testing in Java 17 ([#1440](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/1440)) ([#836](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/836)) ([8826d9b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/8826d9bc05eb9e4a54c40e8578de85ed79c50e99))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.api-client:google-api-client-bom to v1.35.1 ([#843](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/843)) ([9ffe0c5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/9ffe0c5b25761abf7ff1bea091aa1db057dff2d0))
+* update dependency com.google.api:api-common to v2.2.1 ([#844](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/844)) ([69dde56](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/69dde5641546b678a385b1ed3a2c7a020f81d285))
+* update dependency com.google.api:gax-bom to v2.18.2 ([#849](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/849)) ([11764b0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/11764b04629c5bfbc9b0d68174782cc126dc1646))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos to v2.9.0 ([#846](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/846)) ([5dced6d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/5dced6d25ce0f3e7587d7ac1f6f3713f3b2a18c2))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.4.0 ([#838](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/838)) ([b0a7afe](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/b0a7afe342a5e15436d439b9cc1e3c58f894ab66))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.4.1 ([#848](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/848)) ([8260997](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/826099767b0aabe0db26eff2f612f0847b451366))
+* update dependency com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations to v2.14.0 ([#839](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/839)) ([3459fb6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/3459fb668557b982cef5682ce47d3c978b83d69c))
+* update dependency com.google.http-client:google-http-client-bom to v1.42.0 ([#845](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/845)) ([2d2c873](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/2d2c873e274b26f4687d569cc3b8ae58c3c5ed54))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom to v3.21.0 ([#840](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/840)) ([037da15](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/037da15b2aed1719e768ba5b4e001caf25952adc))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom to v3.21.1 ([#841](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/841)) ([04b8862](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/04b886224128f1525ad8398815dc62dac87680af))
+* update dependency io.grpc:grpc-bom to v1.47.0 ([#842](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/842)) ([40984e2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/40984e23242ba954b6ca741ca3f02ec89e92ae57))
+
 ### [2.7.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.7.0...v2.7.1) (2022-05-19)
 
 
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
index efbfe1cbe1cc..433d2cd7d0da 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
index 2c0438fb70a5..3450ad473090 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core gRPC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-grpc</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
index fc2e5e57ecb5..68a5409cd5cc 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core HTTP</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-http</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index ddf8bfdb45f1..188701967c81 100644
--- a/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-core/pom.xml b/java-core/pom.xml
index 532ee4a48fb4..c44501cb3b3d 100644
--- a/java-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java-core/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Core Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/java-core/versions.txt b/java-core/versions.txt
index 2488da280499..197540b9cb17 100644
--- a/java-core/versions.txt
+++ b/java-core/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-core:2.7.1:2.7.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-core:2.8.0:2.8.0