diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json b/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
index 6c846e72aa0..4e64be315cb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-submodules.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "dataplex": "0.1.0",
   "dataproc": "1.2.0",
   "dataqna": "0.1.0",
-  "datastore": "1.6.0",
+  "datastore": "1.7.0",
   "datastream": "0.1.1",
   "deploy": "1.0.0",
   "dialogflow": "1.4.0",
diff --git a/datastore/CHANGES.md b/datastore/CHANGES.md
index 7af40aba2c5..b2cd951170e 100644
--- a/datastore/CHANGES.md
+++ b/datastore/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.6.0...datastore/v1.7.0) (2022-02-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **datastore/admin:** define Datastore -> Firestore in Datastore mode migration long running operation metadata ([d9a0634](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d9a0634042265f8c247e7dcbd8b85323a83c7235))
+
 ## [1.6.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.5.0...datastore/v1.6.0) (2021-09-17)