diff --git a/v2/.release-please-manifest.json b/v2/.release-please-manifest.json
index d51736e..433693a 100644
--- a/v2/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/v2/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "v2": "2.12.4"
+    "v2": "2.12.5"
 }
diff --git a/v2/CHANGES.md b/v2/CHANGES.md
index 7e36eb4..b64522d 100644
--- a/v2/CHANGES.md
+++ b/v2/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.12.5](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/compare/v2.12.4...v2.12.5) (2024-06-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **v2/apierror:** fix (*APIError).Error() for unwrapped Status ([#351](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/issues/351)) ([22c16e7](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/commit/22c16e7bff5402bdc4c25063771cdd01c650b500)), refs [#350](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/issues/350)
+
 ## [2.12.4](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-go/compare/v2.12.3...v2.12.4) (2024-05-03)
 
 
diff --git a/v2/internal/version.go b/v2/internal/version.go
index 3006ad7..4f780f4 100644
--- a/v2/internal/version.go
+++ b/v2/internal/version.go
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "2.12.4"
+const Version = "2.12.5"