diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 1bc43b2a6..6ce18330b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.34.0"
+  ".": "3.35.0-rc1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe21a2224..404ade6c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [3.35.0-rc1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore/compare/v3.34.0...v3.35.0-rc1) (2025-12-16)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* feat: update with latest from main (#2277) (https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore/commit/a6acb23af086652af09de11b76ba8c658b3bb387)
+* feat: Upgrade protobuf gen code to 4.33 (#2278) (https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore/commit/74626a66a880039de62eb9a4411947457ccb36ee)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* deps: update sdk-platform-java-config to 3.55.0-rc1 (#2276) (https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore/commit/62744c841d6b7665d2bd61cb0ac1b5062ffc309e) 
+* fix(deps): update the Java code generator (gapic-generator-java) to 2.65.0-rc1
+
+
 ## [3.33.4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore/compare/v3.33.3...v3.33.4) (2025-11-13)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cf3cf7af..eb4c9296c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore:3.34.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore:3.35.0-rc1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-firestore" % "3.34.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-firestore" % "3.35.0-rc1"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-firestore/java11.html
 [stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-firestore.svg
-[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-firestore/3.34.0
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-firestore/3.35.0-rc1
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication
 [auth-scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes
 [predefined-iam-roles]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#predefined_roles
diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml b/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml
index d740ada6e..395c0bc75 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore-admin/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-admin</artifactId>
-  <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore-admin:current} -->
+  <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore-admin:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Firestore Admin Client</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore</url>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-firestore-bom/pom.xml
index f8fa530cb..7a070267f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,37 +52,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-admin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore-admin:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore-admin:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
index b7c9ae733..9dd52dfc1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-firestore/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore</artifactId>
-  <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+  <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Firestore</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-firestore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index dbb9a9325..a9a6ebfd1 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
     <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
     <name>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</name>
     <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml
index 552c00aad..28d34a19a 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
     <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
     <name>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1</name>
     <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8d37ab36..a3ff8b9ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+  <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Firestore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-firestore</url>
   <description>
@@ -150,32 +150,32 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml
index 55c0b4cb8..0f924546e 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
     <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:current} -->
     <name>proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</name>
     <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1/pom.xml
index 63cb21362..1734db8d6 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1/pom.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
 
     <name>proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1</name>
     <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml
index 1772da452..1df8abb0b 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
     <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1</artifactId>
-    <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
+    <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:current} -->
     <name>proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1</name>
     <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-firestore-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.34.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
+        <version>3.35.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-firestore:current} -->
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 0cb04d9a0..47355f378 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-firestore:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-firestore-admin:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-firestore-bom:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1:3.34.0:3.34.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-firestore:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+google-cloud-firestore-admin:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+google-cloud-firestore-bom:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+grpc-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+grpc-google-cloud-firestore-v1:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-firestore-admin-v1:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1
+proto-google-cloud-firestore-bundle-v1:3.35.0-rc1:3.35.0-rc1