From 272c602f9b844970d728d0e39d05e2166f278b37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:53:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 1.57.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 13 +++++++++++++
 google/genai/version.py |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1fb89a00..da2143792 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.57.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.56.0...v1.57.0) (2025-12-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add PersonGeneration to ImageConfig for Vertex Gempix ([c66e0ce](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/c66e0ce16bc1385969b66d3f266269ac9aafad73))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Regenerate docs for 1.56.0 ([b4c063e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/b4c063e7f213092e5cb25a7ad0783540dc7a982e))
+* Update `codegen_instructions.md` for Gemini 3 Flash ([22500b5](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/22500b5ef99fb8e2d3f476da10164b08e8485a6f))
+
 ## [1.56.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.55.0...v1.56.0) (2025-12-16)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index b84fa1082..42378bd86 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.56.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.57.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 099b417a3..a09bbc26b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.56.0"
+version = "1.57.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"