diff --git a/.librarian/state.yaml b/.librarian/state.yaml
index 9d6ef721db83..947cf743591a 100644
--- a/.librarian/state.yaml
+++ b/.librarian/state.yaml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ libraries:
       - packages/google-analytics-data/
     tag_format: '{id}-v{version}'
   - id: google-api-core
-    version: 2.29.0
+    version: 2.30.0
     last_generated_commit: ""
     apis: []
     source_roots:
diff --git a/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 716dfd01b714..203e3ad7063f 100644
--- a/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/google-api-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+## [2.30.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-api-core-v2.29.0...google-api-core-v2.30.0) (2026-02-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* preserve exception cause ([c7fc19303e0f1d7357109a73c13f875a5ced7606](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/c7fc19303e0f1d7357109a73c13f875a5ced7606))
+* require Python ≥ 3.9, protobuf ≥ 4.25.8 ([2d1aa4288c222b247fc49ea0da03c126c051e079](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/commit/2d1aa4288c222b247fc49ea0da03c126c051e079))
+
 ## [2.29.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/compare/google-api-core-v2.28.1...google-api-core-v2.29.0) (2026-01-08)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py b/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py
index 7e23d8ccc5fe..e89661993908 100644
--- a/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py
+++ b/packages/google-api-core/google/api_core/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.29.1"
+__version__ = "2.30.0"