diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2bf07eed2..2bc33e926 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
 
+## [0.126.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback/compare/v0.125.0...v0.126.0) (2022-06-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* java template no longer require clirr ([#1469](https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback/issues/1469)) ([#791](https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback/issues/791)) ([f1c5cb1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback/commit/f1c5cb1c091a3a26a7ced39f97844abc2cf751f1))
+
 ## [0.125.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback/compare/v0.124.3...v0.125.0) (2022-06-28)
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed5ff7aaa..2ebcb7408 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-logging-logback</artifactId>
-  <version>0.126.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging-logback:current} -->
+  <version>0.127.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-logging-logback:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Logging Logback Appender</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-logging-logback</url>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index d99d8e740..d3bdedecf 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-logback</artifactId>
-      <version>0.126.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>0.127.0-alpha</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d0154ac0e..5406d2c43 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-logging-logback:0.126.0-alpha:0.126.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-logging-logback:0.127.0-alpha:0.127.0-alpha