diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e2e5c7d0..c41251664 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.43.2...v2.44.0) (2024-10-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Promote gRPC transport to GA ([#2766](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2766)) ([41fd72a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/41fd72a57e3577217e98f7a179d8958c14c5676a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Update the Java code generator (gapic-generator-java) to 2.47.0 ([c517798](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/c5177983a48b1bf26e8abb5d4d27355bfcd62d3b))
+* Fix createFrom resumable upload retry offset calculation ([#2771](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2771)) ([1126cdc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/1126cdcde07fed3c57d99dfa2b2505b06d5cd25a)), closes [#2770](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2770)
+* Update gRPC ReadObject retry to avoid double retry ([#2765](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2765)) ([1fc57b9](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/1fc57b9b4fe2ec2d08333fb62be66f272294deca))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage to v1-rev20241008-2.0.0 ([#2776](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2776)) ([0545b5e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/0545b5e7d7e292da38fb42a9160fb1938628684b))
+* Update gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/storage-testbench docker tag to v0.48.0 ([#2781](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2781)) ([8fa013e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/8fa013e09e3c02c6deeb6d49911c051b940ef79c))
+* Update gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/storage-testbench docker tag to v0.49.0 ([#2782](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2782)) ([a7baffb](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/a7baffb9579f865a20fe42d189f8ba9d8b4ee716))
+
 ## [2.43.2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.43.1...v2.43.2) (2024-10-08)
 
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index d907cc36b..f755ebebf 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</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 310ded086..be746da71 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -69,37 +69,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml
index 6f12362ea..4e420e051 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
     <name>google-cloud-storage-control</name>
     <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-storage-control</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 9b6927f53..26e854eed 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
index b1f8cdd25..f0c5cae5a 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-storage</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 42a9b8321..a0768f8d9 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba3f84d94..df3ac04f9 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
@@ -156,32 +156,32 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0-beta</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-        <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+        <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
index 92c85bba0..063dd848a 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</name>
   <description>Proto library for  proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index d6f01ef3b..b676b39bb 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.44.0-beta</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 4a7ff2d70..1ab844639 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+      <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml b/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
index 810dd71c4..b47d7f926 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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.44.0</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>2.43.3-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 47bf39092..62f941ca9 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.43.2:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.43.2-beta:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.43.2-beta:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.43.2-beta:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-storage-control:2.43.2:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.43.2:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.43.2:2.43.3-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-storage:2.44.0:2.44.0
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.44.0-beta:2.44.0-beta
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.44.0-beta:2.44.0-beta
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.44.0-beta:2.44.0-beta
+google-cloud-storage-control:2.44.0:2.44.0
+proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.44.0:2.44.0
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.44.0:2.44.0