diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 260a15981604..ecdd4012a84f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "auth": "0.0.0",
   "auth/oauth2adapt": "0.0.0",
-  "bigquery": "1.55.0",
+  "bigquery": "1.56.0",
   "bigtable": "1.20.0",
   "datastore": "1.14.0",
   "errorreporting": "0.3.0",
diff --git a/bigquery/CHANGES.md b/bigquery/CHANGES.md
index 255b383e9751..22a650047ffe 100644
--- a/bigquery/CHANGES.md
+++ b/bigquery/CHANGES.md
@@ -3,6 +3,26 @@
 
 
 
+## [1.56.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/bigquery/v1.55.0...bigquery/v1.56.0) (2023-10-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **bigquery/analyticshub:** Add Subscription resource and RPCs ([#8612](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8612)) ([9992249](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/999224951d586513bd382483326b455c953a14f3))
+* **bigquery:** Add external dataset reference ([#8545](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8545)) ([1001acf](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/1001acf6ac894a7d9945b7d204ad55aa7b162909))
+* **bigquery:** Add media options to LoadConfig ([#8640](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8640)) ([62baf56](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/62baf569c052a8c565710533ba50a1f5df8176dd))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **bigquery/storage/managedwriter:** Automatic retry for multiplex test ([#8601](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8601)) ([6ef1945](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/6ef1945a837430afcd195affd661768817cdc40b))
+* **bigquery:** Dependency detection on proto conversion ([#8566](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8566)) ([763ab5d](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/763ab5dbd466fd0450dcd46e38c75e87cbf6c49c))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **bigquery/datatransfer:** Update transferConfig.name description to indicate that it supports both formats ([0449518](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/0449518f8396cc0280c0f3303c103edcee34016b))
+
 ## [1.55.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/bigquery/v1.54.0...bigquery/v1.55.0) (2023-09-11)
 
 
diff --git a/bigquery/internal/version.go b/bigquery/internal/version.go
index 6aa7fb9470ee..da7eb5d12dd9 100644
--- a/bigquery/internal/version.go
+++ b/bigquery/internal/version.go
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.55.0"
+const Version = "1.56.0"