diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd5d674c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+name: auto-release
+jobs:
+  approve:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v3.0.0
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        debug: true
+        script: |
+          // only approve PRs from release-please[bot]
+          if (context.payload.pull_request.user.login !== "release-please[bot]") {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // only approve PRs like "chore: release <release version>"
+          if ( !context.payload.pull_request.title.startsWith("chore: release") ) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // trigger auto-release when
+          // 1) it is a SNAPSHOT release (auto-generated post regular release)
+          // 2) there are dependency updates only
+          // 3) there are no open dependency update PRs in this repo (to avoid multiple releases)
+          if (
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Fix") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Build") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("BREAKING CHANGES") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Features")
+          ) {
+            console.log( "Not auto-releasing since it is not a dependency-update-only release." );
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const promise = github.pulls.list.endpoint({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            state: 'open'
+          });
+          const open_pulls = await github.paginate(promise)
+
+          if ( open_pulls.length > 1 && !context.payload.pull_request.title.includes("SNAPSHOT") ) {
+            for ( const pull of open_pulls ) {
+              if ( pull.title.startsWith("deps: update dependency") ) {
+                console.log( "Not auto-releasing yet since there are dependency update PRs open in this repo." );
+                return;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+          // approve release PR
+          await github.pulls.createReview({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: 'Rubber stamped release!',
+            pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            event: 'APPROVE'
+          });
+
+          // attach kokoro:force-run and automerge labels
+          await github.issues.addLabels({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            issue_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            labels: ['kokoro:force-run', 'automerge']
+          });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1bf77a1..5170ca03 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [1.0.9](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/compare/v1.0.8...v1.0.9) (2020-09-01)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery to v1.117.1 ([#313](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/issues/313)) ([8cb0b45](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/commit/8cb0b45fd9725d9c5ab6b07cdeecc2a1677abdd5))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v0.9.0 ([#316](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/issues/316)) ([5cf1d3f](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/commit/5cf1d3f8b5eba77bcd4aaf7ed11566a65a059d8d))
+
 ### [1.0.8](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer/compare/v1.0.7...v1.0.8) (2020-08-31)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 273f6c00..c333d7b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 If you are using Gradle, add this to your dependencies
 ```Groovy
-compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:1.0.7'
+compile 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:1.0.8'
 ```
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer" % "1.0.7"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer" % "1.0.8"
 ```
 [//]: # ({x-version-update-end})
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml
index 5bab4764..062ab1a2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+  <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+        <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml
index 0c083cdb..0d21eb14 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+  <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>BigQuery DataTransfer</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+    <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
index 9840ef6c..efe704ec 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+    <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e10e144..0a013347 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+  <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   <name>BigQuery DataTransfer Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-bigquerydatatransfer</url>
   <description>
@@ -70,24 +70,24 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.6</version>
+        <version>0.9.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+        <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+        <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
index d6f91f27..42f84beb 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
+  <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.7</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
+    <version>1.0.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 0c59de06..1f75d0ec 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.6</version>
+      <version>1.0.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END bigquerydatatransfer_install_without_bom] -->
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>1.117.0</version>
+      <version>1.117.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index fefec35c..ed363b90 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.7</version>
+      <version>1.0.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>1.117.0</version>
+      <version>1.117.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index b8504c7a..63eb613a 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>9.1.0</version>
+        <version>10.0.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-bigquery</artifactId>
-      <version>1.117.0</version>
+      <version>1.117.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 37505a76..baef5ffb 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:1.0.7:1.0.7
-grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:1.0.7:1.0.7
-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:1.0.7:1.0.7
+proto-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:1.0.8:1.0.8
+grpc-google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer-v1:1.0.8:1.0.8
+google-cloud-bigquerydatatransfer:1.0.8:1.0.8