diff --git a/java-speech/CHANGELOG.md b/java-speech/CHANGELOG.md
index 69f9ded0a0c5..0e175a4f4797 100644
--- a/java-speech/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/java-speech/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.5.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech/compare/v2.4.0...v2.5.0) (2022-07-01)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* java template no longer require clirr ([#1469](https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech/issues/1469)) ([#907](https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech/issues/907)) ([b936042](https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech/commit/b93604296b2ad98759eda03bbe4e3c8a1aae28fd))
+
 ## [2.4.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech/compare/v2.3.0...v2.4.0) (2022-06-28)
 
 
diff --git a/java-speech/google-cloud-speech-bom/pom.xml b/java-speech/google-cloud-speech-bom/pom.xml
index 612cdb5ffbf3..dd85f26008a0 100644
--- a/java-speech/google-cloud-speech-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/google-cloud-speech-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -53,37 +53,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-speech</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml b/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
index 5c695394a287..d14eebfc5f97 100644
--- a/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/google-cloud-speech/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-speech</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Speech</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech</url>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-speech</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml b/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml
index c49296e295eb..ef37b13e4a60 100644
--- a/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml b/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml
index 939ef83aec8e..8ecf6dfc4027 100644
--- a/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml b/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml
index f581300109dc..0dada6e59a1d 100644
--- a/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/pom.xml b/java-speech/pom.xml
index 3253f0200251..47585f9ee5c0 100644
--- a/java-speech/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud speech Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-speech</url>
   <description>
@@ -149,37 +149,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-speech</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
+        <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</artifactId>
-        <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
+        <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml b/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml
index 02e38d574641..ad28c800dfb3 100644
--- a/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
+  <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-speech-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml b/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml
index ed43b37ab889..d2552b311b99 100644
--- a/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml b/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml
index 3f1499cb25de..cd5a96a9abc6 100644
--- a/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</artifactId>
-  <version>0.88.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
+  <version>0.89.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-speech-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
+    <version>2.5.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-speech:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/java-speech/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 51d24c424668..ac5cea0a55fb 100644
--- a/java-speech/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/java-speech/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-speech</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>2.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/java-speech/versions.txt b/java-speech/versions.txt
index 6280a6a39ce8..0e47f916c16b 100644
--- a/java-speech/versions.txt
+++ b/java-speech/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-speech:2.4.0:2.4.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:2.4.0:2.4.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:0.88.0:0.88.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:0.88.0:0.88.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:2.4.0:2.4.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:0.88.0:0.88.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:0.88.0:0.88.1-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-speech:2.5.0:2.5.0
+grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1:2.5.0:2.5.0
+grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:0.89.0:0.89.0
+grpc-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:0.89.0:0.89.0
+proto-google-cloud-speech-v1:2.5.0:2.5.0
+proto-google-cloud-speech-v1beta1:0.89.0:0.89.0
+proto-google-cloud-speech-v1p1beta1:0.89.0:0.89.0