diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 10d53e3a..a3906fc0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.8.1"
+  ".": "2.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31ebb993..cf39bad2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-iot/#history
 
+## [2.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-iot/compare/v2.8.1...v2.9.0) (2023-02-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable "rest" transport in Python for services supporting numeric enums ([15758ae](https://github.com/googleapis/python-iot/commit/15758aea9839cc5e7509c17ba3f9cb4f98271b20))
+
 ## [2.8.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-iot/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1) (2023-01-20)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/iot/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/iot/gapic_version.py
index 15e84ffd..60aeb18d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/iot/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/iot/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/iot_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/iot_v1/gapic_version.py
index 15e84ffd..60aeb18d 100644
--- a/google/cloud/iot_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/iot_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.8.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.9.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.iot.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.iot.v1.json
index 017afae4..941846d6 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.iot.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.iot.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-iot",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "2.9.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {