diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index b670acf5dff3..1d3818a084a4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
   "google-cloud-bigquery-storage+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-storage-v1": "1.6.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-storage-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigtable": "2.12.2",
+  "google-cloud-bigtable": "2.12.3",
   "google-cloud-bigtable+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2": "1.15.1",
   "google-cloud-bigtable-admin-v2+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigtable/CHANGELOG.md
index d7eda58d61f0..e213a40df3b9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 2.12.3 (2025-12-16)
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* Fixing markdown mistakes in samples README ([#32272](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/32272)) 
+
 ### 2.12.2 (2025-11-04)
 
 #### Documentation
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigtable/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/version.rb
index e09dfc251944..f5f93c46fbd0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/lib/google/cloud/bigtable/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Bigtable
-      VERSION = "2.12.2".freeze
+      VERSION = "2.12.3".freeze
     end
   end
 end