diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 960e6b2be6..fec41ad729 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.28.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.28.0...v2.28.1) (2023-10-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove PCU internals which should be hidden ([#2263](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2263)) ([eff00fb](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/eff00fbb9b36f7225291cf0be0b5d7aab3ea2114))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage to v1-rev20231012-2.0.0 ([#2257](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2257)) ([e75d8bf](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/e75d8bf85db50427a4b89089cca9d88fe4d0b6d9))
+
 ## [2.28.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.27.1...v2.28.0) (2023-10-10)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d375de41f..9f297122c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.28.0</version>
+  <version>2.28.1</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.25.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:2.28.1')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage'
 ```
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage:2.28.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-storage:2.28.1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-storage" % "2.28.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-storage" % "2.28.1"
 ```
 <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index becf9d7ea2..f244359809 100644
--- a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
index 7f448b7e30..270740610a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -69,22 +69,22 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 82f615668f..55f9576673 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/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-storage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index f9fbaa619e..9206ecd9a9 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2161ecd2b..2b0d94ab03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index b5a8074224..e13b67f6b8 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.28.1-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index f957d08aca..bd58e5bb32 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml b/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
index ac3f88ded6..cf7a865948 100644
--- a/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
+++ b/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.28.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.28.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 50031ca83e..d44a1c64c1 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.28.0:2.28.1-SNAPSHOT
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.28.0-alpha:2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.28.0-alpha:2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.28.0-alpha:2.28.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-storage:2.28.1:2.28.1
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.28.1-alpha:2.28.1-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.28.1-alpha:2.28.1-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.28.1-alpha:2.28.1-alpha