diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bd178317..32381cb38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.74.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.74.0...v1.74.1) (2026-04-30)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid caching stale token in async mTLS path ([4e17a9c](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/4e17a9c3cbba4a9229f9ca2958f7a26257e8e2e7))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix python docstrings for Image.from_file() to use kwargs ([cce5398](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/cce5398dd68ad43b3050c2e387966421f36f9611))
+* Update docs ([ef26583](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/ef26583692fa1e8b32d86f912fcbb556d31e6399))
+
 ## [1.74.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.73.1...v1.74.0) (2026-04-29)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index 811081b0c..6b4ad6354 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.74.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.74.1' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 72114f349..d530396e9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.74.0"
+version = "1.74.1"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"