diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 2c8e1e1e0757..e0529d8516f1 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "firestore": "1.11.0",
   "logging": "1.7.0",
   "profiler": "0.3.1",
-  "pubsub": "1.33.0",
+  "pubsub": "1.33.1",
   "pubsublite": "1.8.1",
   "spanner": "1.47.0",
   "storage": "1.31.0"
diff --git a/pubsub/CHANGES.md b/pubsub/CHANGES.md
index 6f95c40ce521..4aef97112562 100644
--- a/pubsub/CHANGES.md
+++ b/pubsub/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.33.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/pubsub/v1.33.0...pubsub/v1.33.1) (2023-07-27)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **pubsub:** Clarified where ordering_key will be written if write_metadata is set ([327e101](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/327e10188a2e22dd7b7e6c12a8cf66729f65974c))
+
 ## [1.33.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/pubsub/v1.32.0...pubsub/v1.33.0) (2023-07-24)
 
 
diff --git a/pubsub/internal/version.go b/pubsub/internal/version.go
index ba70a43673b7..35c87b52802a 100644
--- a/pubsub/internal/version.go
+++ b/pubsub/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.33.0"
+const Version = "1.33.1"