diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0b97f7533e3..7e66027ecd0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.53.0"
+  ".": "1.54.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 541c7639398..3d559e831a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.54.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/compare/v1.53.0...v1.54.0) (2026-05-13)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Rename SSE events to interaction.created and interaction.completed
+
+### Features
+
+* Add gemini-3.1-flash-lite to model options ([2803585](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/28035855a66028ca908d291470e67443e7fc8237))
+* Add more details to the ApiResponse error message ([c429c2b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/c429c2b11538eee98cf3ace98c0d3c92145c001b))
+* Add parameters to video response_format. ([c94e371](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/c94e3711c697155d18f4cc30e9b9d2fdf81781b2))
+* add steps for interactions ([9b9d164](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/9b9d164323abdc8767ea853fd67c0f11285ef226))
+* Added missing FunctionCallResultDelta type and `arguments` field to the ArgumentDelta type ([6fa4262](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/6fa4262a315452f824bb46dacab7e26e686ba21a))
+* Deprecate legacy response_format and publish new polymorphic field. ([31e8d74](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/31e8d74fa0bc6ba285399203a6aa78dd788bc07b))
+* Introduce Server Side tools deltas ([67875e6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/67875e6602ee9d4ab388a446fd9e4ead9828d5f0))
+* Rename SSE events to interaction.created and interaction.completed ([711a503](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/711a503d045ad96d2db4ffa7526382539f1d8d55))
+* support Blocking FunctionCall in Live API in AgentPlatform (Vertex) ([0d1cc9c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/0d1cc9c39b3f9f7f7d722cbafdcd478c3492f7c7))
+* support speech to speech translation in Gemini Live ([8f82c6e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/8f82c6e07f81c118815b3539811345f1e2da4800))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Disambiguate responseFormat call in Java example ([131c210](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/131c21038e69394c43145aa1a71e157e2a54f35e))
+* Steps is not optional ([642ad10](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/642ad10e5bd3a98c2b8a62d82281589375d030a3))
+* Update response_format field names to snake_case. ([bf838ab](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/bf838abb96e39d9ea8ac392347f0dffcc287912b))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Add javadoc for interactions.{services,models,errors}, switch to `mvn dokka:dokka`. ([76cb365](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/commit/76cb3654a29755d281520e6f08246d33cb23822e))
+
 ## [1.53.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-genai/compare/v1.52.0...v1.53.0) (2026-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5329acc220f..51235e8d01e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ If you're using Maven, add the following to your dependencies:
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
-    <version>1.53.0</version>
+    <version>1.54.0</version>
   </dependency>
 </dependencies>
 ```
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 18b400fef78..0db71545254 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.genai.examples</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai-examples</artifactId>
-  <version>1.54.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.54.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <name>google-genai-examples</name>
 
   <properties>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <!-- {x-version-update-start:google-genai:current} -->
-    <google-genai.version>1.54.0-SNAPSHOT</google-genai.version>
+    <google-genai.version>1.54.0</google-genai.version>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
   </properties>
   <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a064798276e..2a8be8f3e7a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.genai</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-genai</artifactId>
   <name>google-genai</name>
-  <version>1.54.0-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
+  <version>1.54.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-genai:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
     Java idiomatic SDK for the Gemini Developer APIs and Vertex AI APIs.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
index f763457f626..85f320c73c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/genai/ApiClient.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 public abstract class ApiClient implements AutoCloseable {
 
   // {x-version-update-start:google-genai:released}
-  private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.53.0";
+  private static final String SDK_VERSION = "1.54.0";
   // {x-version-update-end:google-genai:released}
   private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ApiClient.class.getName());
 
@@ -718,9 +718,9 @@ private Optional<Map<String, String>> getTimeoutHeader(HttpOptions httpOptionsTo
    * Merges two user agent values, handling a special case for vertex-genai-modules.
    *
    * <p>Example:
-   * <li>val1 = google-genai-sdk/1.42.0 gl-java/22.0.2
-   * <li>val2 = vertex-genai-modules/1.2.3
-   * <li>Result: google-genai-sdk/1.42.0+vertex-genai-modules/1.2.3 gl-java/22.0.2
+   * <li>val1 = google-genai-sdk/1.54.0 gl-java/22.0.2
+   * <li>val2 = vertex-genai-modules/1.54.0
+   * <li>Result: google-genai-sdk/1.54.0+vertex-genai-modules/1.2.3 gl-java/22.0.2
    *
    * @param val1 The first value.
    * @param val2 The second value.
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 00f809997ed..c03bb164e27 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-genai:1.53.0:1.54.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+google-genai:1.54.0:1.54.0
\ No newline at end of file