diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ee5f89b7f7ba..30010feec588 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@
   "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1": "0.4.0",
   "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta": "0.8.0",
+  "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta": "0.8.1",
   "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-shopping-merchant-inventories": "0.6.0",
   "google-shopping-merchant-inventories+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/CHANGELOG.md b/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/CHANGELOG.md
index e47d8466846d..2b9bb87446b9 100644
--- a/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 0.8.1 (2026-04-06)
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* update SelectiveGapicGeneration usage doc ([#33484](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/33484)) 
+
 ### 0.8.0 (2026-03-31)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/lib/google/shopping/merchant/data_sources/v1beta/version.rb b/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/lib/google/shopping/merchant/data_sources/v1beta/version.rb
index 3a6655119d93..01b74666ba3f 100644
--- a/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/lib/google/shopping/merchant/data_sources/v1beta/version.rb
+++ b/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/lib/google/shopping/merchant/data_sources/v1beta/version.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Shopping
     module Merchant
       module DataSources
         module V1beta
-          VERSION = "0.8.0"
+          VERSION = "0.8.1"
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.shopping.merchant.datasources.v1beta.json b/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.shopping.merchant.datasources.v1beta.json
index 01b1319d604d..48b17922e33f 100644
--- a/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.shopping.merchant.datasources.v1beta.json
+++ b/google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta/snippets/snippet_metadata_google.shopping.merchant.datasources.v1beta.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "client_library": {
     "name": "google-shopping-merchant-data_sources-v1beta",
-    "version": "0.8.0",
+    "version": "0.8.1",
     "language": "RUBY",
     "apis": [
       {