diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9a0fae89c5..f19ed04b06 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.70.1"
+  ".": "2.71.0-rc1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25bf2b781e..ea4cc549c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.71.0-rc1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.70.1...v2.71.0-rc1) (2025-12-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* update with latest from main ([#2740](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2740)) ([90e1a02](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/90e1a02c46830751a0f158b3a337eb2f926b0ee0))
+* feat: Upgrade protobuf gen code to 4.33 ([#2741](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2741)) ([2b1d201](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/2b1d201d56540cdb45b65b4ed2a1c786a519d3a0))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update sdk-platform-java-config to 3.55.0-rc1 ([#2738](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/issues/2738)) ([136f164](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/commit/136f16474e7ff147c68e976894070727dfc9add8))
+
 ## [2.70.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable/compare/v2.69.0...v2.70.0) (2025-11-18)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cc3a2743b..62fc432918 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:2.70.1'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigtable:2.71.0-rc1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "2.70.1"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigtable" % "2.71.0-rc1"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-bigtable/java11.html
 [stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigtable.svg
-[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigtable/2.70.1
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigtable/2.71.0-rc1
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication
 [auth-scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes
 [predefined-iam-roles]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#predefined_roles
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
index c11e540d92..1cd218dc36 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -63,37 +63,37 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-          <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+          <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-          <version>0.207.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+          <version>0.208.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-          <version>0.207.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+          <version>0.208.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
           <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-          <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+          <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
index c5ef9c575a..357a4fac11 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Dependency BOM</name>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
index 9d19f3c342..cd05dc4781 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <name>Google Cloud Java - Bigtable Emulator Core</name>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.207.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.208.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
 
   <description>
     A Java wrapper for the Cloud Bigtable emulator.
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
index c1ddc941ed..d9d6e23b7a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable-emulator/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator</artifactId>
-  <version>0.207.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+  <version>0.208.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Java - Bigtable Emulator</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:googleapis/java-bigtable.git</connection>
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core</artifactId>
-      <version>0.207.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
+      <version>0.208.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 555b5e8cba..773033f625 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-  <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+  <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Bigtable</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <!-- The version that will be embedded in the published jar via maven-resources-plugin -->
-    <java-bigtable.version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <java-bigtable.version>2.71.0-rc1</java-bigtable.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
 
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigtable</site.installationModule>
 
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
index e707d188ca..f036b9eef4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/Version.java
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 @InternalApi("For internal use only")
 public final class Version {
   // {x-version-update-start:google-cloud-bigtable:current}
-  public static String VERSION = "2.70.2-SNAPSHOT";
+  public static String VERSION = "2.71.0-rc1";
   // {x-version-update-end}
 }
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index b18e3bf1c8..a81cfd91c5 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 3c1d74f684..dc68bbba5c 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85341788ef..c3c67dc463 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
     <name>Google Cloud Bigtable Parent</name>
     <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigtable</url>
     <description>
@@ -156,27 +156,27 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
                 <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-                <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+                <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-                <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+                <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
             </dependency>
             <!-- Test Deps in alphabetical order -->
             <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
index 5d3423e6c4..9976b2ceb2 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
index 62c727ed96..1cfc2a6972 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-deps-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+        <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 5d4c5f396b..2f3c461516 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable</artifactId>
-      <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.71.0-rc1</version>
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/test-proxy/pom.xml b/test-proxy/pom.xml
index b0074e94f2..7dbda46625 100644
--- a/test-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/test-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigtable-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <version>2.71.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
-    <bigtable.client.version>2.70.2-SNAPSHOT</bigtable.client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
+    <bigtable.client.version>2.71.0-rc1</bigtable.client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigtable:current} -->
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index b5fa086780..fb441bf640 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigtable:2.70.1:2.70.2-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.70.1:2.70.2-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.70.1:2.70.2-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.70.1:2.70.2-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.70.1:2.70.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.207.1:0.207.2-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core:0.207.1:0.207.2-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-bigtable:2.71.0-rc1:2.71.0-rc1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.71.0-rc1:2.71.0-rc1
+grpc-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.71.0-rc1:2.71.0-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2:2.71.0-rc1:2.71.0-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-bigtable-v2:2.71.0-rc1:2.71.0-rc1
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator:0.208.0-rc1:0.208.0-rc1
+google-cloud-bigtable-emulator-core:0.208.0-rc1:0.208.0-rc1