diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 83ef7f9c2..9e24c2abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# Github action job to test core java library features on
-# downstream client libraries before they are released.
-on:
+'on':
   push:
     branches:
-    - main
-  pull_request:
+      - 1.41.x
+  pull_request: null
 name: ci
 jobs:
   units:
@@ -25,63 +10,69 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: [8, 11, 17]
+        java:
+          - 8
+          - 11
+          - 17
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: zulu
-        java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
-    - run: java -version
-    - run: .kokoro/build.sh
-      env:
-        JOB_TYPE: test
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
+      - run: java -version
+      - run: .kokoro/build.sh
+        env:
+          JOB_TYPE: test
   windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: zulu
-        java-version: 8
-    - run: java -version
-    - run: .kokoro/build.bat
-      env:
-        JOB_TYPE: test
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: 8
+      - run: java -version
+      - run: .kokoro/build.bat
+        env:
+          JOB_TYPE: test
   dependencies:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [8, 11, 17]
+        java:
+          - 8
+          - 11
+          - 17
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: zulu
-        java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
-    - run: java -version
-    - run: .kokoro/dependencies.sh
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
+      - run: java -version
+      - run: .kokoro/dependencies.sh
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: zulu
-        java-version: 11
-    - run: java -version
-    - run: .kokoro/build.sh
-      env:
-        JOB_TYPE: lint
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: 11
+      - run: java -version
+      - run: .kokoro/build.sh
+        env:
+          JOB_TYPE: lint
   clirr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: zulu
-        java-version: 8
-    - run: java -version
-    - run: .kokoro/build.sh
-      env:
-        JOB_TYPE: clirr
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: 8
+      - run: java -version
+      - run: .kokoro/build.sh
+        env:
+          JOB_TYPE: clirr
diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml b/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml
index 1366d24df..63d032f31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-on:
+'on':
   pull_request:
-    types: [ labeled ]
+    types:
+      - labeled
     branches:
-    - main
+      - 1.41.x
 name: downstream
 jobs:
   dependencies:
@@ -11,134 +12,136 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        java: [8]
+        java:
+          - 8
         repo:
-        # This list needs to be updated manually until an automated solution is in place.
-        - accessapproval
-        - accesscontextmanager
-        - aiplatform
-        - analytics-admin
-        - analytics-data
-        - api-gateway
-        - apigee-connect
-        - appengine-admin
-        - area120-tables
-        - artifact-registry
-        - asset
-        - assured-workloads
-        - automl
-        - bigquery
-        - bigqueryconnection
-        - bigquerydatatransfer
-        - bigquerymigration
-        - bigqueryreservation
-        - bigtable
-        - billing
-        - billingbudgets
-        - binary-authorization
-        - channel
-        - cloudbuild
-        - compute
-        - contact-center-insights
-        - container
-        - containeranalysis
-        - data-fusion
-        - datacatalog
-        - dataflow
-        - datalabeling
-        - dataproc
-        - dataproc-metastore
-        - datastore
-        - datastream
-        - debugger-client
-        - deploy
-        - dialogflow
-        - dialogflow-cx
-        - dlp
-        - dms
-        - dns
-        - document-ai
-        - domains
-        - errorreporting
-        - essential-contacts
-        - eventarc
-        - filestore
-        - firestore
-        - functions
-        - game-servers
-        - gke-connect-gateway
-        - gkehub
-        - gsuite-addons
-        - iam-admin
-        - iamcredentials
-        - iot
-        - kms
-        - language
-        - life-sciences
-        - logging
-        - logging-logback
-        - managed-identities
-        - mediatranslation
-        - memcache
-        - monitoring
-        - monitoring-dashboards
-        - network-management
-        - network-security
-        - networkconnectivity
-        - notebooks
-        - orchestration-airflow
-        - orgpolicy
-        - os-config
-        - os-login
-        - phishingprotection
-        - policy-troubleshooter
-        - private-catalog
-        - profiler
-        - pubsublite
-        - recaptchaenterprise
-        - recommendations-ai
-        - recommender
-        - redis
-        - resource-settings
-        - resourcemanager
-        - retail
-        - scheduler
-        - secretmanager
-        - security-private-ca
-        - securitycenter
-        - securitycenter-settings
-        - service-control
-        - service-management
-        - service-usage
-        - servicedirectory
-        - shell
-        - spanner
-        - spanner-jdbc
-        - speech
-        - storage
-        - storage-nio
-        - storage-transfer
-        - talent
-        - tasks
-        - texttospeech
-        - tpu
-        - trace
-        - translate
-        - video-intelligence
-        - video-transcoder
-        - vision
-        - vpcaccess
-        - webrisk
-        - websecurityscanner
-        - workflow-executions
-        - workflows
+          - accessapproval
+          - accesscontextmanager
+          - aiplatform
+          - analytics-admin
+          - analytics-data
+          - api-gateway
+          - apigee-connect
+          - appengine-admin
+          - area120-tables
+          - artifact-registry
+          - asset
+          - assured-workloads
+          - automl
+          - bigquery
+          - bigqueryconnection
+          - bigquerydatatransfer
+          - bigquerymigration
+          - bigqueryreservation
+          - bigtable
+          - billing
+          - billingbudgets
+          - binary-authorization
+          - channel
+          - cloudbuild
+          - compute
+          - contact-center-insights
+          - container
+          - containeranalysis
+          - data-fusion
+          - datacatalog
+          - dataflow
+          - datalabeling
+          - dataproc
+          - dataproc-metastore
+          - datastore
+          - datastream
+          - debugger-client
+          - deploy
+          - dialogflow
+          - dialogflow-cx
+          - dlp
+          - dms
+          - dns
+          - document-ai
+          - domains
+          - errorreporting
+          - essential-contacts
+          - eventarc
+          - filestore
+          - firestore
+          - functions
+          - game-servers
+          - gke-connect-gateway
+          - gkehub
+          - gsuite-addons
+          - iam-admin
+          - iamcredentials
+          - iot
+          - kms
+          - language
+          - life-sciences
+          - logging
+          - logging-logback
+          - managed-identities
+          - mediatranslation
+          - memcache
+          - monitoring
+          - monitoring-dashboards
+          - network-management
+          - network-security
+          - networkconnectivity
+          - notebooks
+          - orchestration-airflow
+          - orgpolicy
+          - os-config
+          - os-login
+          - phishingprotection
+          - policy-troubleshooter
+          - private-catalog
+          - profiler
+          - pubsublite
+          - recaptchaenterprise
+          - recommendations-ai
+          - recommender
+          - redis
+          - resource-settings
+          - resourcemanager
+          - retail
+          - scheduler
+          - secretmanager
+          - security-private-ca
+          - securitycenter
+          - securitycenter-settings
+          - service-control
+          - service-management
+          - service-usage
+          - servicedirectory
+          - shell
+          - spanner
+          - spanner-jdbc
+          - speech
+          - storage
+          - storage-nio
+          - storage-transfer
+          - talent
+          - tasks
+          - texttospeech
+          - tpu
+          - trace
+          - translate
+          - video-intelligence
+          - video-transcoder
+          - vision
+          - vpcaccess
+          - webrisk
+          - websecurityscanner
+          - workflow-executions
+          - workflows
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        distribution: zulu
-        java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
-    - run: java -version
-    - run: sudo apt-get update -y
-    - run: sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
-    - run: .kokoro/downstream-client-library-check.sh google-http-client-bom ${{matrix.repo}}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: zulu
+          java-version: ${{matrix.java}}
+      - run: java -version
+      - run: sudo apt-get update -y
+      - run: sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
+      - run: >-
+          .kokoro/downstream-client-library-check.sh google-http-client-bom
+          ${{matrix.repo}}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef6263271..dd6b9582a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.41.8](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/compare/v1.41.7...v1.41.8) (2022-04-29)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* downgrade appengine to 1.9.X ([#1645](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1645)) ([da9dd8b](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/da9dd8bca97cc10712ce24054d2edd3d5ac2e571))
+
 ### [1.41.7](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/compare/v1.41.6...v1.41.7) (2022-04-11)
 
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
index e0e686dbd..55b590c25 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>google-http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android-test</artifactId>
   <name>Test project for google-http-client-android.</name>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
   <packaging>apk</packaging>
 
   <build>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-      <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+      <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>android</artifactId>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+      <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
index 06820ccce..46dcceef1 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
   <name>Android Platform Extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
index eb5c83373..b4ec3a7d6 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
   <name>Apache HTTP transport v2 for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
index acf0dfdb5..7732b0603 100644
--- a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
   <name>Google App Engine extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
index 7c03aa82a..57121fbb6 100644
--- a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-assembly</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Assembly for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
index b13e89eb4..016df21c8 100644
--- a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java BOM</name>
@@ -63,52 +63,52 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+        <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
index 7733619d6..3aaa7a02c 100644
--- a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
   <name>Google APIs Client Library Findbugs custom plugin.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
index 658a36773..d5e44cac9 100644
--- a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
   <name>GSON extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
index f8160f625..e5b166f16 100644
--- a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
   <name>Jackson 2 extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
index e5a1dbe6c..a43874cb3 100644
--- a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
   <name>Protocol Buffer extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
index ff94ef724..c4e143253 100644
--- a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
   <name>Shared classes used for testing of artifacts in the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
index f9052874d..d1eede331 100644
--- a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
   <name>XML extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index c394333db..50f7568cb 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>
     Google HTTP Client Library for Java. Functionality that works on all supported Java platforms,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca03c3d2a..a407df19f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+  <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</description>
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@
       - google-api-java-client/google-api-client-assembly/android-properties (make the filenames match the version here)
       - Internally, update the default features.json file
     -->
-    <project.http-client.version>1.41.7</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
-    <project.appengine.version>2.0.4</project.appengine.version>
+    <project.http-client.version>1.41.8</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <project.appengine.version>1.9.96</project.appengine.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
     <project.gson.version>2.9.0</project.gson.version>
diff --git a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
index d8d700410..27a146eb9 100644
--- a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.41.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.41.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample</artifactId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index de91a3e38..0afd77ac7 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-http-client:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-bom:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-parent:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-android:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-android-test:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-apache-v2:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-appengine:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-assembly:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-findbugs:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-gson:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-jackson2:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-protobuf:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-test:1.41.7:1.41.7
-google-http-client-xml:1.41.7:1.41.7
+google-http-client:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-bom:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-parent:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-android:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-android-test:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-apache-v2:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-appengine:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-assembly:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-findbugs:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-gson:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-jackson2:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-protobuf:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-test:1.41.8:1.41.8
+google-http-client-xml:1.41.8:1.41.8