diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0403f31cc8cc..76add26f314b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
   "google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-speech-v2": "1.7.1",
   "google-cloud-speech-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-storage": "1.59.0",
+  "google-cloud-storage": "1.60.0",
   "google-cloud-storage+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-storage-control": "1.3.0",
   "google-cloud-storage-control+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
index 16da6e141cd7..0779a950cc66 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.60.0 (2026-05-03)
+
+#### Features
+
+* add support for object context ([#32902](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32902)) 
+* setting default checksum ([#33331](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33331)) 
+* Support bucket encryption config ([#33452](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33452)) 
+
 ### 1.59.0 (2026-03-19)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
index 9b404dac7e67..f37f7b625f16 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Storage
-      VERSION = "1.59.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.60.0".freeze
     end
   end
 end