diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d6cf6ea4..4cb4c04d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.44.2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/compare/v1.44.1...v1.44.2) (2024-05-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Base64 decoding to discard newline characters ([#1941](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1941)) ([4e153db](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/4e153db9443832dbe6ca56b6fe10dcea26921b6f))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update actions/upload-artifact action to v3.1.3 ([#1860](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1860)) ([60deab2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/60deab2fc93c70f4f37733a90a07b11e19b9f508))
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:native-image-shared-config to v1.7.6 ([#1928](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1928)) ([3dd6b79](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/3dd6b79368dd31efaf293009e8f424c905e9cc38))
+* Update dependency org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin to v5.1.9 ([#1888](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1888)) ([41c16b9](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/41c16b9334e218412826c1c07cdd303611bc7dbf))
+* Update project.appengine.version to v2.0.25 ([#1931](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1931)) ([53eb6a1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/53eb6a1f62d106190cc75af1e6b6eebec481f874))
+
 ## [1.44.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/compare/v1.44.0...v1.44.1) (2024-01-26)
 
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
index 866d2f1bd..372af1f53 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+      <version>1.44.2</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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+      <version>1.44.2</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 720c3c91e..fadc64cb6 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 0338037f9..55676873b 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 91bc10bf4..20ebf8f84 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 21c266f23..f2cc29862 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 108ac5e9f..92ba7375c 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.2</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 c6ef961ae..320dd3d38 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 15fc1d51a..9aec75be0 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 05a06c4fd..62b449911 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 de94f1eb6..01bba38f4 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 595e690cb..1fc9bd0db 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 744a83e52..b5b5358c5 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 0c941e940..f5995ab1d 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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 495ecf2fb..5d1bcaca9 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.2</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>
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
       - 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <project.http-client.version>1.44.2</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <project.appengine.version>2.0.25</project.appengine.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
diff --git a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
index 25021bca0..58722fcdd 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>1.44.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.2</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 59ea2f4a7..cad4285a1 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-http-client:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-bom:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-parent:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-android:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-android-test:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-apache-v2:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-appengine:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-assembly:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-findbugs:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-gson:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-jackson2:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-protobuf:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-test:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-xml:1.44.1:1.44.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-bom:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-parent:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-android:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-android-test:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-apache-v2:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-appengine:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-assembly:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-findbugs:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-gson:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-jackson2:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-protobuf:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-test:1.44.2:1.44.2
+google-http-client-xml:1.44.2:1.44.2