From ff8d5d6e4d80ee93894284e889bc9571867231a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 05:17:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] chore(main): release 2.1.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 15 +++++++++++++++
 google/genai/version.py |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfe3402e5..8210b49fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.1.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.0.1...v2.1.0) (2026-05-12)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add gemini-3.1-flash-lite to model options ([2d5e0fa](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/2d5e0fad56e323cfbd16728655eb1ede8e6625f5))
+* Add parameters to video response_format. ([4e9d68d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/4e9d68d027588d1ff984f61554086f8c7f186c7d))
+* Introduce Server Side tools deltas ([97d6fe5](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/97d6fe57959535107f74db06b7a316f1b5bb5d8a))
+* Support Blocking FunctionCall in Live API in AgentPlatform (Vertex) ([955bca6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/955bca67cee1a74c91fb5963533beeba8125018d))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Steps is not optional ([9ea9633](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9ea9633906499883064f029d448546f2d3bf95be))
+
 ## [2.0.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1) (2026-05-09)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index cb189056a..0ece6924d 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '2.0.1' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '2.1.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1ec1d5ab..4de422703 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 = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.1.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"

From 6fadf538d7210d952fa42662e4703b62addfd48f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Daoust <markdaoust@google.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 22:53:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update CHANGELOG.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8210b49fe..3ae4c3a9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 * Add parameters to video response_format. ([4e9d68d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/4e9d68d027588d1ff984f61554086f8c7f186c7d))
 * Introduce Server Side tools deltas ([97d6fe5](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/97d6fe57959535107f74db06b7a316f1b5bb5d8a))
 * Support Blocking FunctionCall in Live API in AgentPlatform (Vertex) ([955bca6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/955bca67cee1a74c91fb5963533beeba8125018d))
-
+* Add support for vertex-lyria models lyria-3-pro-preview & lyria-3-clip-preview ([623e56](https://github.com/google-gemini/private-python-genai/commit/623e561da61b78b7f12a94e4846a6f4ce2ab00f1))
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 

From d9ab553c9867614054d3146670d53ec357c0c477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Daoust <markdaoust@google.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 22:55:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update CHANGELOG.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ae4c3a9d..188c3970e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 * Add parameters to video response_format. ([4e9d68d](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/4e9d68d027588d1ff984f61554086f8c7f186c7d))
 * Introduce Server Side tools deltas ([97d6fe5](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/97d6fe57959535107f74db06b7a316f1b5bb5d8a))
 * Support Blocking FunctionCall in Live API in AgentPlatform (Vertex) ([955bca6](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/955bca67cee1a74c91fb5963533beeba8125018d))
-* Add support for vertex-lyria models lyria-3-pro-preview & lyria-3-clip-preview ([623e56](https://github.com/google-gemini/private-python-genai/commit/623e561da61b78b7f12a94e4846a6f4ce2ab00f1))
+* Add support for vertex-lyria models lyria-3-pro-preview & lyria-3-clip-preview ([1bc0536](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/1bc05364fc9848a6771bcb02a9f0969745707262))
 
 ### Bug Fixes