diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6ea903e0a1bb..3213fffd39ae 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@
   "google-cloud-sql-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-sql-v1beta4": "0.1.1",
   "google-cloud-sql-v1beta4+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-storage": "1.62.0",
+  "google-cloud-storage": "1.62.1",
   "google-cloud-storage+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-storage-control": "1.4.1",
   "google-cloud-storage-control+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
index 4eaa4029494e..772ff9ac3b17 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.62.1 (2026-08-06)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove accept encoding gzip for metadata ([#33896](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33896)) 
+
 ### 1.62.0 (2026-07-02)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
index c09ab9cb7326..df8ba9d59809 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Storage
-      VERSION = "1.62.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.62.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end