diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json b/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
index d7ec975f69a2..d4e9965cabbd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "dataplex": "0.2.0",
   "dataproc": "1.3.0",
   "dataqna": "0.2.0",
-  "datastore": "1.6.0",
+  "datastore": "1.7.0",
   "datastream": "0.2.0",
   "deploy": "1.1.0",
   "dialogflow": "1.5.0",
diff --git a/datastore/CHANGES.md b/datastore/CHANGES.md
index 7af40aba2c59..9048ea612086 100644
--- a/datastore/CHANGES.md
+++ b/datastore/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.6.0...datastore/v1.7.0) (2022-02-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **datastore/admin:** define Datastore -> Firestore in Datastore mode migration long running operation metadata ([d9a0634](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d9a0634042265f8c247e7dcbd8b85323a83c7235))
+* **datastore:** add better version metadata to calls ([d1ad921](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d1ad921d0322e7ce728ca9d255a3cf0437d26add))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.5.0...datastore/v1.6.0) (2021-09-17)
 
 
diff --git a/datastore/internal/version.go b/datastore/internal/version.go
index 05d3396f1001..7c251d994559 100644
--- a/datastore/internal/version.go
+++ b/datastore/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.6.0"
+const Version = "1.7.0"