diff --git a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
index 7513acaeb..c51324279 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approve-readme.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'googleapis' && github.head_ref == 'autosynth-readme'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v3
+      - uses: actions/github-script@v5
         with:
           github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
           script: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
index 9b4fd4d83..59c7cadde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: contains(github.head_ref, 'release-please')
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/github-script@v3
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v5
       with:
         github-token: ${{secrets.YOSHI_APPROVER_TOKEN}}
         debug: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb681007c..e2ccb7f5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [2.2.4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.2.3...v2.2.4) (2022-02-03)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* **java:** update actions/github-script action to v5 ([#626](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/issues/626)) ([7ddb377](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/commit/7ddb3779271338b9ff01df91ac446450eba45ba8))
+
 ### [2.2.3](https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore/compare/v2.2.2...v2.2.3) (2022-02-01)
 
 
diff --git a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
index 32b38d586..780bfea9a 100644
--- a/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
+++ b/datastore-v1-proto-client/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
   <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
index bcb413b8e..ea9969cd1 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
index 30a379d11..2f1c9e710 100644
--- a/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-datastore</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 923c8722c..18b84bd54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
+  <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Datastore Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore</url>
   <description>
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud.datastore</groupId>
         <artifactId>datastore-v1-proto-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:datastore-v1-proto-client:current} -->
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
index cd9994970..1a96a91ad 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.93.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
+  <version>0.93.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.3</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.2.4</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-datastore-parent:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 9d572ed6c..bc339cb3e 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-datastore</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>2.2.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END datastore_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 8c10f1f55..452a0c260 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-datastore</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.2</version>
+      <version>2.2.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index 1a4465124..4ff1edde0 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-datastore.git",
-        "sha": "61dbd04381c0b0d6d8408e5b319b58d559c6d33f"
+        "sha": "ea973af5ab5296a08f75f322706e0f9cd58fcba6"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "6355638dfed614fe5977a06d59dc010370f88582"
+        "sha": "466412a75d636d69bcf8a42d9a5f956e73ac421d"
       }
     }
   ],
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index d0bb02b82..2bbb42f5c 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-datastore:2.2.3:2.2.3
-google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.2.3:2.2.3
-google-cloud-datastore-parent:2.2.3:2.2.3
-proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.93.3:0.93.3
-datastore-v1-proto-client:2.2.3:2.2.3
+google-cloud-datastore:2.2.4:2.2.4
+google-cloud-datastore-bom:2.2.4:2.2.4
+google-cloud-datastore-parent:2.2.4:2.2.4
+proto-google-cloud-datastore-v1:0.93.4:0.93.4
+datastore-v1-proto-client:2.2.4:2.2.4