From da74bae7ea3d2f47da9e19308f7a2b431549303f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Oss <6331106+codyoss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 16:43:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release pubsub 5.3.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json   |  2 +-
 changelog.json                  | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 handwritten/pubsub/CHANGELOG.md |  7 +++++++
 handwritten/pubsub/package.json |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 37b2ba248951..c15c9dc97ff8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   "handwritten/logging": "11.2.1",
   "handwritten/logging-bunyan": "5.1.1",
   "handwritten/logging-winston": "6.0.1",
-  "handwritten/pubsub": "5.3.0",
+  "handwritten/pubsub": "5.3.1",
   "handwritten/spanner": "8.7.0",
   "handwritten/storage": "7.19.0",
   "packages/gapic-node-processing": "0.1.8",
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index fc518c4f4ee2..f19798f5150c 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "repository": "googleapis/google-cloud-node",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "changes": [
+        {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "sha": "841f0ca06d3d70278bb1d0c99535ad3c73c3d5d4",
+          "message": "Remove messages from leasing on nackWithResponse",
+          "issues": [
+            "7817"
+          ],
+          "scope": "pubsub"
+        }
+      ],
+      "version": "5.3.1",
+      "language": "JAVASCRIPT",
+      "artifactName": "@google-cloud/pubsub",
+      "id": "5bead1ee-46bf-49d8-b94d-e9db94852ef6",
+      "createTime": "2026-05-05T21:43:20.752Z"
+    },
     {
       "changes": [
         {
@@ -77670,5 +77688,5 @@
       "createTime": "2023-01-28T04:18:24.718Z"
     }
   ],
-  "updateTime": "2026-05-01T17:22:33.483Z"
+  "updateTime": "2026-05-05T21:43:20.752Z"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/handwritten/pubsub/CHANGELOG.md b/handwritten/pubsub/CHANGELOG.md
index 55636e53161d..858d4a3067b0 100644
--- a/handwritten/pubsub/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/handwritten/pubsub/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google-cloud/pubsub?activeTab=versions
 
+## [5.3.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/compare/pubsub-v5.3.0...pubsub-v5.3.1) (2026-05-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **pubsub:** Remove messages from leasing on nackWithResponse ([#7817](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/7817)) ([841f0ca](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/commit/841f0ca06d3d70278bb1d0c99535ad3c73c3d5d4))
+
 ## [5.3.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-pubsub/compare/v5.2.4...v5.3.0) (2026-02-19)
 
 
diff --git a/handwritten/pubsub/package.json b/handwritten/pubsub/package.json
index 299fa8301546..a3672e423700 100644
--- a/handwritten/pubsub/package.json
+++ b/handwritten/pubsub/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/pubsub",
   "description": "Cloud Pub/Sub Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "5.3.0",
+  "version": "5.3.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {