diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c2be6d041b..b44b646327 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.50.0"
+  ".": "2.51.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d57397d532..e7655ab3de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/bigframes/#history
 
+## [2.51.0](https://github.com/google/bigframes/compare/v2.50.0...v2.51.0) (2026-10-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* read BigLake Lakehouse tables through tables.get instead of pyiceberg ([46d4213](https://github.com/google/bigframes/commit/46d42136e275b7572d2371bbfaf404141d3a34c4))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* detect the location of INFORMATION_SCHEMA views in read_gbq ([c54ec01](https://github.com/google/bigframes/commit/c54ec01803b9e36cbe4e43a332d1e26c6e37ce1b))
+
 ## [2.50.0](https://github.com/google/bigframes/compare/v2.49.0...v2.50.0) (2026-10-05)
 
 
diff --git a/bigframes/version.py b/bigframes/version.py
index 2c4fab135c..6854c5d5f2 100644
--- a/bigframes/version.py
+++ b/bigframes/version.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.50.0"
+__version__ = "2.51.0"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
-__release_date__ = "2026-10-05"
+__release_date__ = "2026-10-07"
 # {x-release-please-end}
diff --git a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
index 2c4fab135c..6854c5d5f2 100644
--- a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
+++ b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/version.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.50.0"
+__version__ = "2.51.0"
 
 # {x-release-please-start-date}
-__release_date__ = "2026-10-05"
+__release_date__ = "2026-10-07"
 # {x-release-please-end}