diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 073c3da51fe5..2e223ddfe6da 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_connector_services-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1": "0.3.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.44.1",
+  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.44.2",
   "google-cloud-bigquery+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub": "1.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
index b9ea779da7b7..3e894098d13b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.44.2 (2023-09-12)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid dataset reload when accessing location ([#22905](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/22905)) 
+
 ### 1.44.1 (2023-09-08)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
index 9b00d46f027e..e13246511170 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 = "1.44.1".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.44.2".freeze
     end
   end
 end