From acfdd14a6a42495a4df9da913857ec0dd3b5afdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 06:30:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 1.54.0

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                 |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                                  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                                     |  2 +-
 examples/pom.xml                              |  4 ++--
 pom.xml                                       |  2 +-
 src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java |  2 +-
 versions.txt                                  |  2 +-
 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0b97f7533e3..7e66027ecd0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.53.0"
+  ".": "1.54.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 541c7639398..fbe8e447e6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.54.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/compare/v1.53.0...v1.54.0) (2026-05-07)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Rename SSE events to interaction.created and interaction.completed
+
+### Features
+
+* add steps for interactions ([9b9d164](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/9b9d164323abdc8767ea853fd67c0f11285ef226))
+* Deprecate legacy response_format and publish new polymorphic field. ([31e8d74](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/31e8d74fa0bc6ba285399203a6aa78dd788bc07b))
+* Rename SSE events to interaction.created and interaction.completed ([711a503](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/711a503d045ad96d2db4ffa7526382539f1d8d55))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Disambiguate responseFormat call in Java example ([131c210](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/131c21038e69394c43145aa1a71e157e2a54f35e))
+
 ## [1.53.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/compare/v1.52.0...v1.53.0) (2026-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de01de37a6c..e3b1ece89ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ If you're using Maven, add the following to your dependencies:
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
-    <version>1.53.0</version>
+    <version>1.54.0</version>
   </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ```
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 18b400fef78..0db71545254 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.genai.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.54.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.54.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <name>google-genai-examples</name>
 
   <properties>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- {x-version-update-start:google-genai:current} -->
-    <google-genai.version>1.54.0-SNAPSHOT</google-genai.version>
+    <google-genai.version>1.54.0</google-genai.version>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
   </properties>
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb2962deaf4..522f4900fa4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
   <name>google-genai</name>
-  <version>1.54.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.54.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
     Java idiomatic SDK for the Gemini Developer APIs and Vertex AI APIs.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
index a59c505c677..197e6dc5ab3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 public abstract class ApiClient implements AutoCloseable {
 
   // {x-version-update-start:google-genai:released}
-  private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.53.0";
+  private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.54.0";
   // {x-version-update-end:google-genai:released}
   private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ApiClient.class.getName());
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 00f809997ed..c03bb164e27 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-genai:1.53.0:1.54.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+google-genai:1.54.0:1.54.0
\ No newline at end of file