diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6215a1465..fb2cbc21b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/compare/v2.42.4...v2.43.0) (2024-10-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add max staleness to ExternalTableDefinition ([#3499](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/issues/3499)) ([f1ebd5b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/commit/f1ebd5be5877a68f76efafc30e3b5b0763f343c5))
+
 ## [2.42.4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery/compare/v2.42.3...v2.42.4) (2024-09-30)
 
 
diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index d010c3951..ee61a3203 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
-    <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml
index 06a45b1a7..51f0dd1c6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
           <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-          <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+          <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
index 66da2ad6a..6425692d9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-  <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+  <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+    <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e85182edd..1caff5398 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+  <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquery</url>
   <description>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-        <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
+        <version>2.43.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquery:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 063d739e4..14e69ed83 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>2.42.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.43.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 021718836..4f2cdbe2a 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-bigquery:2.42.4:2.42.5-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+google-cloud-bigquery:2.43.0:2.43.0
\ No newline at end of file