diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index a454a61e..de9173d9 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:6d4e3a15c62cfdcb823d60e16da7521e7c6fc00eba07c8ff12e4de9924a57d28
-# created: 2022-06-29T23:17:33.110417661Z
+  digest: sha256:d4b80feffe1579818cdc39466152e9de95789a193408506cd4a1ffbe8804dc00
+# created: 2022-07-13T13:53:17.676447481Z
diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 94630d59..1d053a0a 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
       - cla/google
       - OwlBot Post Processor
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Java GraalVM Native Image'
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Java 17 GraalVM Native Image'
   - pattern: java7
     isAdminEnforced: true
     requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 83ef7f9c..e3bb26e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ jobs:
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
+    - name: Support longpaths
+      run: git config --system core.longpaths true
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e36c8648..73dd4765 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.6.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1) (2022-07-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* enable longpaths support for windows test ([#1485](https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis/issues/1485)) ([#668](https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis/issues/668)) ([df9b0dd](https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis/commit/df9b0ddd65ada40d29e52630d76ac61e9248679f))
+
 ## [2.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis/compare/v2.5.0...v2.6.0) (2022-07-01)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4c71373..d4e04b9c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Java idiomatic client for [Cloud Redis][product-docs].
 
 ## Quickstart
 
-If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
+If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file:
 
 ```xml
 <dependencyManagement>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using Maven with [BOM][libraries-bom], add this to your pom.xml file
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-      <version>25.4.0</version>
+      <version>26.0.0</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -41,28 +41,28 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-redis</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.0</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
 
-If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies
+If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:25.4.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.0.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-redis'
 ```
-If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
+If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-redis:2.5.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-redis:2.6.0'
 ```
 
-If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
+If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-redis" % "2.5.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-redis" % "2.6.0"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-redis-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-redis-bom/pom.xml
index e2fc8930..0cbce90a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-redis-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-redis-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Redis BOM</name>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-redis</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.94.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.94.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.94.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.94.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-redis/pom.xml b/google-cloud-redis/pom.xml
index eef5ad0d..122c7af2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-redis/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-redis</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Redis</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-redis</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml
index f2412592..323d8a8e 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 01aa1cff..9289c59a 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.94.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.94.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc7976b0..44fb2248 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Redis Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-redis</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -61,27 +61,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.94.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.94.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.94.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.94.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-redis</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+        <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml
index 75b750bd..bcb76d53 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-redis-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml
index d14f33c8..b33dc322 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.94.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.94.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-redis-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
+    <version>2.6.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-redis:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 61ffa425..6c778e4b 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-redis</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.0</version>
+      <version>2.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END redis_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 681a4ee0..be0599b8 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-redis</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.0</version>
+      <version>2.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 2d4d6144..e6d4a18f 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>25.4.0</version>
+        <version>26.0.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 98b3e2cd..ec3c4fae 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-redis:2.6.0:2.6.0
-grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:0.94.0:0.94.0
-grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:2.6.0:2.6.0
-proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:2.6.0:2.6.0
-proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:0.94.0:0.94.0
+google-cloud-redis:2.6.1:2.6.1
+grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:0.94.1:0.94.1
+grpc-google-cloud-redis-v1:2.6.1:2.6.1
+proto-google-cloud-redis-v1:2.6.1:2.6.1
+proto-google-cloud-redis-v1beta1:0.94.1:0.94.1