diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8a527d245e96..a819f3b55979 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.48.0"
+  ".": "1.49.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6fd8bb79cf14..158de2c24d85 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.49.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/compare/v1.48.0...v1.49.0) (2024-11-26)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Remove grpc module for gke-connect-gateway ([#11315](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/11315))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Propagate repo level dependency change sdk-platform-java-config to each module's release notes ([#11294](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/11294)) ([6fafcb3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/commit/6fafcb3247cc7f377e465fc1144fb9d2227be899))
+* Remove grpc module for gke-connect-gateway ([#11315](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/11315)) ([a406306](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/commit/a406306ac4060a24dc6ed78b0313bcbf75b9ab87))
+
 ## [1.48.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/compare/v1.47.0...v1.48.0) (2024-11-18)
 
 
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 2c23221500c0..713e0a10b282 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "repository": "googleapis/google-cloud-java",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "changes": [
+        {
+          "type": "fix",
+          "sha": "a406306ac4060a24dc6ed78b0313bcbf75b9ab87",
+          "message": "Remove grpc module for gke-connect-gateway",
+          "issues": [
+            "11315"
+          ],
+          "breakingChangeNote": "Remove grpc module for gke-connect-gateway ([#11315](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java/issues/11315))"
+        }
+      ],
+      "version": "1.49.0",
+      "language": "JAVA",
+      "artifactName": "com.google.cloud:google-cloud-gke-connect-gateway",
+      "id": "fd7dcde8-cd3f-4398-ab10-6a1eb8971dd2",
+      "createTime": "2024-11-26T17:03:17.395Z"
+    },
     {
       "changes": [
         {
@@ -407140,5 +407158,5 @@
       "createTime": "2023-02-03T16:27:23.198Z"
     }
   ],
-  "updateTime": "2024-11-18T13:56:24.611Z"
+  "updateTime": "2024-11-26T17:03:17.395Z"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-vertexai/README.md b/java-vertexai/README.md
index afc137687d63..7ecac980bcac 100644
--- a/java-vertexai/README.md
+++ b/java-vertexai/README.md
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ If you're using Maven without the BOM, add the following to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-vertexai</artifactId>
-  <version>1.14.0</version>
+  <version>1.15.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-vertexai:1.14.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-vertexai:1.15.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-vertexai" % "1.14.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-vertexai" % "1.15.0"
 ```
 <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->