From fba3cb95465dfff1b8bf987b8cc5c852553eb4d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 20:22:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: release main

---
 .release-please-bulk-manifest.json                  | 2 +-
 librarian.yaml                                      | 2 +-
 packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md               | 9 +++++++++
 packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json b/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json
index 08913f4c7cd7..2f993b820d09 100644
--- a/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-bulk-manifest.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "packages/google-ai-generativelanguage": "0.12.1",
   "packages/google-analytics-admin": "0.30.2",
   "packages/google-analytics-data": "0.23.3",
-  "packages/google-api-core": "2.40.0",
+  "packages/google-api-core": "2.41.0",
   "packages/google-apps-card": "0.7.1",
   "packages/google-apps-chat": "0.10.7",
   "packages/google-apps-events-subscriptions": "0.6.1",
diff --git a/librarian.yaml b/librarian.yaml
index c3196643dd04..4e433802fdba 100644
--- a/librarian.yaml
+++ b/librarian.yaml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ libraries:
       metadata_name_override: analyticsdata
       default_version: v1beta
   - name: google-api-core
-    version: 2.40.0
+    version: 2.41.0
     python:
       library_type: CORE
   - name: google-apps-card
diff --git a/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 0980fa798000..93b55a680fe9 100644
--- a/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+## [2.41.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-api-core-v2.40.0...google-api-core-v2.41.0) (2026-10-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api_core:** resumable upload supports request_body in constructor ([#18543](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18543)) ([97bc619](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/97bc619323b524f8e686bb27c43bd7275f41c239))
+* **api-core:** support AsyncAuthorizedSession transport for resumable uploads ([#18544](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18544)) ([9b96af7](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/9b96af76254c33b9c3e0ceb390bbaeab2e33bbea))
+* **auth:** Support sync credentials in AsyncAuthorizedSession ([#18542](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/18542)) ([3799568](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/379956865248ebc40e5b851ede520056e65abcac))
+
 ## [2.40.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-api-core-v2.39.0...google-api-core-v2.40.0) (2026-09-29)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py b/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py
index b78bb8c271ea..f540629e2b97 100644
--- a/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py
+++ b/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.40.0"
+__version__ = "2.41.0"