diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index f60d7749..a79f0627 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 4ae1bcd4..bdb8b97a 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 00000000..a3f7fb9d
--- /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 ac902053..5df5d8e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.12.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/compare/v2.11.0...v2.12.0) (2022-05-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add build scripts for native image testing in Java 17 ([#1440](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/issues/1440)) ([#697](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/issues/697)) ([f10ec4e](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/commit/f10ec4e664d8fde868effe366b7182a5fad08dd0))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update gax.version to v2.18.1 ([#695](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/issues/695)) ([09bc61c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/commit/09bc61c9152a99bfe87554a07324f15ae6217d6e))
+* update google.core.version to v2.7.1 ([#698](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/issues/698)) ([43de259](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/commit/43de2593f1a6e8fa5e34799364ab683246ddd449))
+
 ## [2.11.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/compare/v2.10.0...v2.11.0) (2022-05-18)
 
 
diff --git a/dependency-convergence-check/pom.xml b/dependency-convergence-check/pom.xml
index 5e439129..35e5d7df 100644
--- a/dependency-convergence-check/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-convergence-check/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>shared-dependencies-dependency-convergence-test</artifactId>
-  <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
   <name>Dependency convergence test for certain artifacts in Google Cloud Shared Dependencies</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies</url>
   <description>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index cb9bddb8..df16e1c4 100644
--- a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>first-party-dependencies</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud First-party Shared Dependencies</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies</url>
   <description>
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <site.installationModule>${project.artifactId}</site.installationModule>
     <grpc.version>1.46.0</grpc.version>
-    <gax.version>2.18.0</gax.version>
+    <gax.version>2.18.1</gax.version>
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.1.0</grpc-gcp.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.20.1</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.2.0</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.8.3</google.common-protos.version>
-    <google.core.version>2.7.0</google.core.version>
+    <google.core.version>2.7.1</google.core.version>
     <google.auth.version>1.7.0</google.auth.version>
     <google.http-client.version>1.41.8</google.http-client.version>
     <google.oauth-client.version>1.33.3</google.oauth-client.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcb57834..75fb7452 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
   <modules>
     <module>first-party-dependencies</module>
     <module>third-party-dependencies</module>
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>first-party-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>third-party-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index a023bd0d..5192b4dd 100644
--- a/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/third-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>third-party-dependencies</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Third-party Shared Dependencies</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies</url>
   <description>
diff --git a/upper-bound-check/pom.xml b/upper-bound-check/pom.xml
index b635fde6..83e86caa 100644
--- a/upper-bound-check/pom.xml
+++ b/upper-bound-check/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>shared-dependencies-upper-bound-test</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+  <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
   <name>Upper bound test for Google Cloud Shared Dependencies</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies</url>
   <description>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+        <version>2.12.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 72de0487..bbccf69b 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-shared-dependencies:2.11.0:2.11.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-cloud-shared-dependencies:2.12.0:2.12.0
\ No newline at end of file