diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 88d9b926..3d2f8282 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:5b8c790f57cca57e6b37ba25f79291265c218cea3e6ba9714b001910ab3f1419
+  digest: sha256:a4d7b2cfc6a9d6b378a6b2458740eae15fcab28854bd23dad3a15102d2e47c87
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa012bc3..90ef7707 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.1.8](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/compare/v2.1.7...v2.1.8) (2022-01-07)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **java:** add -ntp flag to native image testing command ([#1299](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/1299)) ([#589](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/589)) ([f0289e8](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/f0289e814806779fd12f9912eda0eb4996c03044))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.6.0 ([#605](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/605)) ([85258a7](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/85258a70a03233a282668afc05283d3c2b49ac1f))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util to v3.19.2 ([#603](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/issues/603)) ([1acbc31](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/commit/1acbc31569ef737e2411fb25e47fca000b24aa73))
+
 ### [2.1.7](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection/compare/v2.1.6...v2.1.7) (2021-12-03)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 75258e82..d5240b6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.6</version>
+  <version>2.1.7</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.1.6'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.1.7'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigqueryconnection" % "2.1.6"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigqueryconnection" % "2.1.7"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
index 003bd5b5..53a48c1a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.2</version>
+    <version>1.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections BOM</name>
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
index d83c39e6..2fdedb66 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigqueryconnection/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
index a32c5409..f4ecea31 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 6cf1b87f..e679e3ed 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.9.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac16e73d..37aa3608 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud BigQuery Connections Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigqueryconnection</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.2</version>
+    <version>1.2.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</site.installationModule>
-    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>2.5.1</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
+    <google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>2.6.0</google.cloud.shared-dependencies.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -62,27 +62,27 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.9.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
index 912148cb..3f968097 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
index bd1b758b..9d3ccffe 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.9.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index a3ef4172..d4c73abd 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.23</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.6</version>
+      <version>2.1.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END bigqueryconnection_install_without_bom] -->
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.19.1</version>
+      <version>3.19.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index c897df82..223141eb 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.23</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index ddba1987..8095d9df 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.23</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.7</version>
+      <version>2.1.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.19.1</version>
+      <version>3.19.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 3d6646b0..dddb6272 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.23</version>
+    <version>1.2.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>24.0.0</version>
+        <version>24.1.2</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigqueryconnection</artifactId>
       <!-- TODO: REMOVE VERSION SPECIFIED BELOW WHEN THE CLIENT GOES GA-->
-      <version>2.1.6</version>
+      <version>2.1.7</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.19.1</version>
+      <version>3.19.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d09be05a..dec862c9 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.1.7:2.1.7
-grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.7:2.1.7
-grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.7:0.9.7
-proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.7:2.1.7
-proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.7:0.9.7
+google-cloud-bigqueryconnection:2.1.8:2.1.8
+grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.8:2.1.8
+grpc-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.8:0.9.8
+proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1:2.1.8:2.1.8
+proto-google-cloud-bigqueryconnection-v1beta1:0.9.8:0.9.8