diff --git a/.release-please-individual-manifest.json b/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
index 32f2be1a9e74..f0632cb7eb68 100644
--- a/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-individual-manifest.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "packages/django-google-spanner": "5.2.0",
   "packages/google-auth": "2.62.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-bigquery": "3.46.2",
-  "packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage": "2.43.0",
+  "packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage": "2.44.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-bigtable": "2.50.2",
   "packages/google-cloud-datastore": "2.27.0",
   "packages/google-cloud-firestore": "2.34.1",
diff --git a/librarian.yaml b/librarian.yaml
index 7a63c62551c6..ff6ee6e2ace7 100644
--- a/librarian.yaml
+++ b/librarian.yaml
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ libraries:
       metadata_name_override: bigqueryreservation
       default_version: v1
   - name: google-cloud-bigquery-storage
-    version: 2.43.0
+    version: 2.44.0
     apis:
       - path: google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1
       - path: google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1beta2
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/CHANGELOG.md
index 81d18e001381..f70fc5619ea6 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/#history
 
+## [2.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-cloud-bigquery-storage-v2.43.0...google-cloud-bigquery-storage-v2.44.0) (2026-10-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **bigquery-storage:** add context manager to ReadRowsStream ([#18781](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18781)) ([6eab34e](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/6eab34e399c4003527623ba1962b4b2f0bab2365))
+* **bigquery-storage:** send gRPC keepalive pings by default ([#18792](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18792)) ([31d9365](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/31d936555b4028e4f7ea26d7256fb6214db7c903)), refs [#18784](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18784)
+* support Python 3.15 ([8fceef4](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/8fceef49c523bcc8989abf3b6b82bcf143332d50))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **bigquery-storage:** mark ReadRows arrow serialization as beta ([#18802](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18802)) ([b14c2e5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/b14c2e57ec00a346052eb1db5a891b9ea8629a2d))
+
 ## [2.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-cloud-bigquery-storage-v2.42.0...google-cloud-bigquery-storage-v2.43.0) (2026-10-15)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage/gapic_version.py
index 5b2af50d81d1..fc8d804edbc1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/gapic_version.py
index 5b2af50d81d1..fc8d804edbc1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1alpha/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1alpha/gapic_version.py
index 5b2af50d81d1..fc8d804edbc1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1alpha/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1alpha/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta/gapic_version.py
index 5b2af50d81d1..fc8d804edbc1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/gapic_version.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/gapic_version.py
index 5b2af50d81d1..fc8d804edbc1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/gapic_version.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "2.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "2.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.json b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.json
index b23ae7d9d812..1b82435cb283 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-bigquery-storage",
-    "version": "2.43.0"
+    "version": "2.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1alpha.json b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1alpha.json
index 7c93d97e0780..f50e4b0cea8d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1alpha.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1alpha.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-bigquery-storage",
-    "version": "2.43.0"
+    "version": "2.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta.json b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta.json
index f5274ccefaa8..7f6f321d9d41 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-bigquery-storage",
-    "version": "2.43.0"
+    "version": "2.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta2.json b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta2.json
index c7912b56b1d2..6887a6e4b1da 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta2.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigquery-storage/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1beta2.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-bigquery-storage",
-    "version": "2.43.0"
+    "version": "2.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {