diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 91bb32ef71b0..fd93dca0a68a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-app_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1": "0.10.1",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.61.1",
+  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.62.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub": "1.3.2",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
index 153d77967c9f..3f7e764059d3 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.62.0 (2026-01-06)
+
+#### Features
+
+* Update required Ruby version to 3.1+ ([#32332](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32332)) 
+#### Documentation
+
+* Update README and OVERVIEW 
+
 ### 1.61.1 (2025-11-21)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
index 886b72bbfa6e..9f2461a9e015 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Bigquery
-      VERSION = "1.61.1".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.62.0".freeze
     end
   end
 end