diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 02f495356d4f..bb09c83084f5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
   "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-dlp": "1.9.0",
   "google-cloud-dlp+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-dlp-v2": "1.16.1",
+  "google-cloud-dlp-v2": "1.17.0",
   "google-cloud-dlp-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-dns": "1.1.1",
   "google-cloud-dns+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-dlp-v2/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-dlp-v2/CHANGELOG.md
index bad87a2d6440..0cf2215d09a7 100644
--- a/google-cloud-dlp-v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-dlp-v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.17.0 (2026-04-09)
+
+#### Features
+
+* added support for detecting key-value pairs in client provided metadata ([#33807](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33807)) 
+
 ### 1.16.1 (2026-04-02)
 
 #### Documentation
diff --git a/google-cloud-dlp-v2/lib/google/cloud/dlp/v2/version.rb b/google-cloud-dlp-v2/lib/google/cloud/dlp/v2/version.rb
index 19ec318d4f2a..e4b0b6f9f628 100644
--- a/google-cloud-dlp-v2/lib/google/cloud/dlp/v2/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-dlp-v2/lib/google/cloud/dlp/v2/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module Dlp
       module V2
-        VERSION = "1.16.1"
+        VERSION = "1.17.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-dlp-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.privacy.dlp.v2.json b/google-cloud-dlp-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.privacy.dlp.v2.json
index 9bdd4d247bb4..5df1093b8a00 100644
--- a/google-cloud-dlp-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.privacy.dlp.v2.json
+++ b/google-cloud-dlp-v2/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.privacy.dlp.v2.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-dlp-v2",
-    "version": "1.16.1",
+    "version": "1.17.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {