diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index f60d774937..a79f06271b 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:fc52b202aa298a50a12c64efd04fea3884d867947effe2fa85382a246c09e813
-# created: 2022-04-06T16:30:03.627422514Z
+  digest: sha256:2567a120ce90fadb6201999b87d649d9f67459de28815ad239bce9ebfaa18a74
+# created: 2022-05-19T15:12:45.278246753Z
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 2d308bf8e8..c97ff3d4c8 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ graalvm)
     mvn -B ${INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS} -ntp -Pnative -Penable-integration-tests test
     RETURN_CODE=$?
     ;;
+graalvm17)
+    # Run Unit and Integration Tests with Native Image
+    mvn -B ${INTEGRATION_TEST_ARGS} -ntp -Pnative -Penable-integration-tests test
+    RETURN_CODE=$?
+    ;;
 samples)
     SAMPLES_DIR=samples
     # only run ITs in snapshot/ on presubmit PRs. run ITs in all 3 samples/ subdirectories otherwise.
diff --git a/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3f7fb9d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kokoro/presubmit/graalvm-native-17.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Format: //devtools/kokoro/config/proto/build.proto
+
+# Configure the docker image for kokoro-trampoline.
+env_vars: {
+  key: "TRAMPOLINE_IMAGE"
+  value: "gcr.io/cloud-devrel-kokoro-resources/graalvm17"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "JOB_TYPE"
+  value: "graalvm17"
+}
+
+# TODO: remove this after we've migrated all tests and scripts
+env_vars: {
+  key: "GCLOUD_PROJECT"
+  value: "gcloud-devel"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"
+  value: "gcloud-devel"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"
+  value: "secret_manager/java-it-service-account"
+}
+
+env_vars: {
+  key: "SECRET_MANAGER_KEYS"
+  value: "java-it-service-account"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36fd5e5d4a..d5821762db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.7.1...v2.8.0) (2022-06-21)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add build scripts for native image testing in Java 17 ([#1440](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/1440)) ([#836](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/836)) ([8826d9b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/8826d9bc05eb9e4a54c40e8578de85ed79c50e99))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.api-client:google-api-client-bom to v1.35.1 ([#843](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/843)) ([9ffe0c5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/9ffe0c5b25761abf7ff1bea091aa1db057dff2d0))
+* update dependency com.google.api:api-common to v2.2.1 ([#844](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/844)) ([69dde56](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/69dde5641546b678a385b1ed3a2c7a020f81d285))
+* update dependency com.google.api:gax-bom to v2.18.2 ([#849](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/849)) ([11764b0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/11764b04629c5bfbc9b0d68174782cc126dc1646))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos to v2.9.0 ([#846](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/846)) ([5dced6d](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/5dced6d25ce0f3e7587d7ac1f6f3713f3b2a18c2))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.4.0 ([#838](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/838)) ([b0a7afe](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/b0a7afe342a5e15436d439b9cc1e3c58f894ab66))
+* update dependency com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1 to v1.4.1 ([#848](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/848)) ([8260997](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/826099767b0aabe0db26eff2f612f0847b451366))
+* update dependency com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations to v2.14.0 ([#839](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/839)) ([3459fb6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/3459fb668557b982cef5682ce47d3c978b83d69c))
+* update dependency com.google.http-client:google-http-client-bom to v1.42.0 ([#845](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/845)) ([2d2c873](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/2d2c873e274b26f4687d569cc3b8ae58c3c5ed54))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom to v3.21.0 ([#840](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/840)) ([037da15](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/037da15b2aed1719e768ba5b4e001caf25952adc))
+* update dependency com.google.protobuf:protobuf-bom to v3.21.1 ([#841](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/841)) ([04b8862](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/04b886224128f1525ad8398815dc62dac87680af))
+* update dependency io.grpc:grpc-bom to v1.47.0 ([#842](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/issues/842)) ([40984e2](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/commit/40984e23242ba954b6ca741ca3f02ec89e92ae57))
+
 ### [2.7.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-core/compare/v2.7.0...v2.7.1) (2022-05-19)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
index a7cbe104b2..433d2cd7d0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>Google Cloud Core</name>
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-        <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+        <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
index df867c7cf9..3450ad4730 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-grpc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core gRPC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-grpc</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
index 339a43bfcb..68a5409cd5 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core-http/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-http</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core HTTP</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-http</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/google-cloud-core/pom.xml b/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
index efc10e108e..188701967c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core</artifactId>
-  <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Core</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+    <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcdac0c5af..c44501cb3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-core-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.7.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
+  <version>2.8.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-core:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Core Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-core</url>
   <description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-config</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.0</version>
+    <version>1.5.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <developers>
@@ -151,15 +151,15 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-core-parent</site.installationModule>
-    <gax.version>2.18.1</gax.version>
-    <google.api-common.version>2.2.0</google.api-common.version>
-    <google.common-protos.version>2.8.3</google.common-protos.version>
-    <google.iam.version>1.3.4</google.iam.version>
+    <gax.version>2.18.2</gax.version>
+    <google.api-common.version>2.2.1</google.api-common.version>
+    <google.common-protos.version>2.9.0</google.common-protos.version>
+    <google.iam.version>1.4.1</google.iam.version>
     <google.auth.version>1.7.0</google.auth.version>
-    <google.api.version>1.34.1</google.api.version>
-    <google.http.version>1.41.8</google.http.version>
-    <grpc.version>1.46.0</grpc.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.20.1</protobuf.version>
+    <google.api.version>1.35.1</google.api.version>
+    <google.http.version>1.42.0</google.http.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.47.0</grpc.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.21.1</protobuf.version>
     <opencensus.version>0.31.1</opencensus.version>
     <annotations-api.version>1.3.2</annotations-api.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     <findbugs.version>3.0.2</findbugs.version>
     <threetenbp.version>1.6.0</threetenbp.version>
     <objenesis.version>3.2</objenesis.version>
-    <errorprone.version>2.13.1</errorprone.version>
+    <errorprone.version>2.14.0</errorprone.version>
     <gson.version>2.9.0</gson.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 56d0a30fc7..197540b9cb 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-core:2.7.1:2.7.1
+google-cloud-core:2.8.0:2.8.0