diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8abe09f5a766..1be83ab228e5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_connector_services-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1": "0.1.1",
   "google-cloud-beyond_corp-client_gateways-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.43.0",
+  "google-cloud-bigquery": "1.43.1",
   "google-cloud-bigquery+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub": "0.1.0",
   "google-cloud-bigquery-analytics_hub+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
index 0cba98a956e9..900a733dc8cf 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.43.1 (2023-05-19)
+
+#### Bug Fixes
+
+* ensure schema for data parsing ([#21616](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/21616)) 
+
 ### 1.43.0 (2023-05-10)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
index 43e7f1e0c1a0..03621b41e732 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/lib/google/cloud/bigquery/version.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module Bigquery
-      VERSION = "1.43.0".freeze
+      VERSION = "1.43.1".freeze
     end
   end
 end