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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 00:55:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 1.76.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 13 +++++++++++++
 google/genai/version.py |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 328a67442..5126436cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.76.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.75.0...v1.76.0) (2026-05-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add steps for interactions ([41d8e5b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/41d8e5b9fc2cfbdf699c4dd9af0d3ec8ffef3eb2))
+* Deprecate legacy response_format and publish new polymorphic field. ([7fdc9a1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/7fdc9a1b9b1365aef296cb997edd05983928a256))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Update docs ([d3020fd](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/d3020fdd29430fb1806e9c8a0b86e31d35b2f870))
+
 ## [1.75.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.74.0...v1.75.0) (2026-05-04)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index 88c904d4f..bde7d1de3 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.75.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.76.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4c775190..25d3b1185 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.75.0"
+version = "1.76.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"