diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e6739b19d..b19ee994a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "gapic": "0.1.0",
-  "gapic-common": "0.19.0"
+  "gapic-common": "0.19.1"
 }
diff --git a/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md b/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md
index 8baae2f47..35ae14fb5 100644
--- a/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gapic-common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 0.19.1 (2023-05-30)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fixed handling of optional fields in coerce ([#954](https://github.com/googleapis/gapic-generator-ruby/issues/954)) 
+
 ### 0.19.0 (2023-05-26)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb b/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb
index c0ed56c76..c6399b106 100644
--- a/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb
+++ b/gapic-common/lib/gapic/common/version.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 module Gapic
   module Common
-    VERSION = "0.19.0".freeze
+    VERSION = "0.19.1".freeze
   end
 end