diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84f285a480..d114fd1c2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.5.3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.5.2...v2.5.3) (2022-02-10)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.api:gax-bom to v2.12.2 ([#719](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/719)) ([4de90d0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/4de90d05c152c21a1ebb98f6cbff0f9b9c39e5d2))
+* update dependency com.google.http-client:google-http-client-bom to v1.41.3 ([#720](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/720)) ([d2a5b4f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/d2a5b4ffa598f232b84655a7ac146bfa2e1f24c9))
+
 ### [2.5.2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2) (2022-02-09)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
index 4084197fc6..eb78344163 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -63,22 +63,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>native-image-support</artifactId>
-        <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:native-image-support:current} -->
+        <version>0.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:native-image-support:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
index c9a6705914..1262e6e0bc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core gRPC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-grpc</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
index ea304237a0..35711dfdc1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core HTTP</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-http</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index 770c048be7..3feadea21f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/native-image-support/pom.xml b/native-image-support/pom.xml
index 040fd5d0b1..1f8d950b23 100644
--- a/native-image-support/pom.xml
+++ b/native-image-support/pom.xml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
   <name>Google Cloud Native Image Support</name>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>native-image-support</artifactId>
-  <version>0.12.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:native-image-support:current} -->
+  <version>0.12.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:native-image-support:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.3</version> <!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <description>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b7331aed1..a0d246dfbe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Core Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 91f4d50b6e..7a376e1a81 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-core:2.5.2:2.5.3-SNAPSHOT
-native-image-support:0.12.2:0.12.3-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+google-cloud-core:2.5.3:2.5.3
+native-image-support:0.12.3:0.12.3
\ No newline at end of file