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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:21:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 3.9.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md                    | 8 ++++++++
 google/cloud/storage/version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c46db115..a4f0c6b1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-storage/#history
 
+## [3.9.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v3.9.0...v3.9.1) (2026-02-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Don't flush at every append, results in bad perf ([ab62d72](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/ab62d728ac7d7be3c4fe9a99d72e35ead310805a))
+* Don't flush at every append, results in bad perf ([#1746](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/issues/1746)) ([ab62d72](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/commit/ab62d728ac7d7be3c4fe9a99d72e35ead310805a))
+
 ## [3.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-storage/compare/v3.8.0...v3.9.0) (2026-02-02)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/storage/version.py b/google/cloud/storage/version.py
index 0bc275357..fe6cd73c5 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storage/version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/storage/version.py
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "3.9.0"
+__version__ = "3.9.1"