diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 632a1ced71..7ca030d1e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.61.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/compare/v2.60.0...v2.61.0) (2026-03-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **jdbc:** Centralize connection properties from `BigQueryConnection` and `DataSource` ([#4116](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/4116)) ([d3b8bde](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/d3b8bded8d1cce9777fa5b40d72c0d6f7b9637a7))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **jdbc:** Various perf improvements ([#4114](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/4114)) ([0137e4b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/0137e4b418ff9cefcbece1c6d9d8ef491a50819b))
+
 ## [2.60.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/compare/v2.59.0...v2.60.0) (2026-02-26)
 
 
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 0365138738..07251e1766 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml
index a53be70f12..ea871f8b8e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-          <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+          <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
index 2f225b6d87..733a4abb30 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc:current} -->
+  <version>0.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery JDBC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery-jdbc</url>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 88076302b3..3f9b4c27bb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-  <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+  <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ee48cbd03..5a7388dc53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+  <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery</url>
   <description>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+        <version>2.61.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 525e9c671f..40c01819f6 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.60.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.61.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index c52d24dc4e..7d86157824 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquery:2.60.0:2.60.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc:0.4.0:0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigquery:2.61.0:2.61.0
+google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc:0.5.0:0.5.0