diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8df0f99ac..b6681ea3a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.2.4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.2.3...v2.2.4) (2022-01-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **java:** run Maven in plain console-friendly mode ([#1301](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1301)) ([#1186](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1186)) ([1e55dba](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/1e55dba4cd5111472b9bb05db08ba7e47fafe762))
+* Remove all client side validation for OLM, allow nonspecific lif… ([#1160](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1160)) ([5a160ee](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/5a160eee2b80e3d392df9d73dfc30ca9cd665764))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update kms.version to v0.94.1 ([#1195](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/1195)) ([cc999b1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/cc999b1ebaba051524ce6131052c824232ccb79a))
+
 ### [2.2.3](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.2.2...v2.2.3) (2022-01-07)
 
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 5e6c0caad7..dbf055e6a2 100644
--- a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index d64fc027e9..02dfbc8569 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 4623d4388d..1341edb65f 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ddd607d4f7..4e4281faf9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.4-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.4-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.4-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 7de5da0daf..c6ccc7712f 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 6d21457052..d1a10040c6 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.2.3:2.2.4-SNAPSHOT
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.3-alpha:2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.3-alpha:2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.3-alpha:2.2.4-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-storage:2.2.4:2.2.4
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.4-alpha:2.2.4-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.4-alpha:2.2.4-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.2.4-alpha:2.2.4-alpha