From 752bec0c7a998476b4016ca0d86da3786814c87d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:58:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.28.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 7 +++++++
 google/api_core/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 08fdc19f..7b2a256b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-api-core/#history
 
+## [2.28.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.28.0...v2.28.1) (2025-10-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Remove dependency on packaging and pkg_resources ([#852](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/issues/852)) ([ca59a86](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/commit/ca59a863b08a79c2bf0607f9085de1417422820b))
+
 ## [2.28.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-core/compare/v2.27.0...v2.28.0) (2025-10-24)
 
 
diff --git a/google/api_core/version.py b/google/api_core/version.py
index 10e7fb4f..967959b0 100644
--- a/google/api_core/version.py
+++ b/google/api_core/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.28.0"
+__version__ = "2.28.1"