diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9c62c130..6bb50d96 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "2.8.1"
+    ".": "2.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ec4d2ff..d2c09dd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-language/#history
 
+## [2.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-language/compare/v2.8.1...v2.9.0) (2023-02-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable "rest" transport in Python for services supporting numeric enums ([#423](https://github.com/googleapis/python-language/issues/423)) ([21c09b8](https://github.com/googleapis/python-language/commit/21c09b8e009a560c77d96f8fa92c5e91cfdad29f))
+
 ## [2.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-language/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2023-01-20)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py
index 15e84ffd..60aeb18d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/language/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/language_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/language_v1/gapic_version.py
index 15e84ffd..60aeb18d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/language_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/language_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/language_v1beta2/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/language_v1beta2/gapic_version.py
index 15e84ffd..60aeb18d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/language_v1beta2/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/language_v1beta2/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json
index 936a8b70..49ffe084 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-language",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.9.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json
index a4368f2d..f84b1cfc 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.language.v1beta2.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-language",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.9.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {