diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d9d6398a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "3.23.8"
+}
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-logging-bom/pom.xml
index 539d5b9c2..f375764b6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-logging-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+  <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+        <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.112.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
+        <version>0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-logging-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.112.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
+        <version>0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
index 8ff49f593..99cdb413a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-logging</artifactId>
-  <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+  <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Logging</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+    <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-logging</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/Instrumentation.java b/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/Instrumentation.java
index 6b613e500..2f5fd0f7e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/Instrumentation.java
+++ b/google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/Instrumentation.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public final class Instrumentation {
   // See
   // https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/blob/main/docs/customizing.md#updating-arbitrary-files
   // {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-logging:current}
-  public static final String DEFAULT_INSTRUMENTATION_VERSION = "3.23.8";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_INSTRUMENTATION_VERSION = "3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT";
   // {x-version-update-end}
   public static final String INSTRUMENTATION_LOG_NAME = "diagnostic-log";
   public static final int MAX_DIAGNOSTIC_VALUE_LENGTH = 14;
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml
index b5386dd3b..26d2d19c1 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.112.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
+  <version>0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+    <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b7e035ee..fb6264573 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+  <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Logging Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging</url>
   <description>
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-logging-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.112.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
+        <version>0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.112.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
+        <version>0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-logging</artifactId>
-        <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+        <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml
index cf5fb2704..d43b029ba 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-logging-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-logging-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.112.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
+  <version>0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-logging-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-logging-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.23.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
+    <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5e5b4a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "java-yoshi",
+  "prerelease-type": "rc1",
+  "versioning": "prerelease",
+  "separate-pull-requests": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${branch}): release ${version}",
+  "prerelease": true,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "extra-files": [
+        "google-cloud-logging/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/logging/Instrumentation.java"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index d3c9c0c36..300ed271c 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-logging</artifactId>
-      <version>3.23.8</version>
+      <version>3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index eaa4dd650..12ae9a58d 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-logging:3.23.8:3.23.8
-grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:0.112.8:0.112.8
-proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:0.112.8:0.112.8
+google-cloud-logging:3.23.8:3.23.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+grpc-google-cloud-logging-v2:0.112.8:0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-logging-v2:0.112.8:0.112.9-rc1-SNAPSHOT