diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fab9cf757ab9..32b4f70d3bf0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
   "google-cloud-dialogflow-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-discovery_engine": "2.3.1",
   "google-cloud-discovery_engine+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1": "2.6.2",
+  "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1": "2.7.0",
   "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta": "0.23.1",
   "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/CHANGELOG.md
index edc26bf10b18..9c15c45e7720 100644
--- a/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 2.7.0 (2026-02-24)
+
+#### Features
+
+* add Natural Language Query Understanding fields and messages to DiscoveryEngine request, response, and datastore messages ([#32444](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32444)) 
+
 ### 2.6.2 (2025-10-27)
 
 #### Documentation
diff --git a/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/lib/google/cloud/discovery_engine/v1/version.rb b/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/lib/google/cloud/discovery_engine/v1/version.rb
index 979f82bdf81f..cb6f9cedb40c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/lib/google/cloud/discovery_engine/v1/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/lib/google/cloud/discovery_engine/v1/version.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module Google
   module Cloud
     module DiscoveryEngine
       module V1
-        VERSION = "2.6.2"
+        VERSION = "2.7.0"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.json b/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.json
index 6f4d585d7efc..ff305f4b943f 100644
--- a/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.json
+++ b/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1",
-    "version": "2.6.2",
+    "version": "2.7.0",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {