diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0403f31cc8cc..4a0c9cebd0e6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-app_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1": "0.12.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.63.0",
+  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.63.1",
   "google-cloud-bigquery+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub": "1.4.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
index ea27cb8dea55..f5193444b772 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.63.1 (2026-05-04)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* use destination table's project_id for queries ([#33886](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33886)) ([df84fa9](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/commit/df84fa9883aa9e159bcafbf8033780f33bf19fc5)), closes [#33810](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33810)
+
 ### 1.63.0 (2026-04-15)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
index 3f75b29064b4..ba1e7978bb13 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Bigquery
-      VERSION = "1.63.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.63.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end