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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:38:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 2.24.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 google/genai/version.py |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c823069a0..cad3a04b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.24.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.23.0...v2.24.0) (2026-09-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add RetrievalCallStep and RetrievalResultStep to interactions schema and SDKs. ([9052efd](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9052efddccae9f91e699d9b76e0d5a3e032637f5))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Do not run functions once the automatic function calling budget is spent ([2580638](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/2580638558b182b89abcfcb94bf2b164b7f81c7b))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Update Python Gen AI SDK README for Gemini 3.8 Flash ([b88fded](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/b88fded4adda37fcc8d1cc4bf49ef3fc11ecfec4))
+
 ## [2.23.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v2.22.0...v2.23.0) (2026-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index bc8f29631..09c5dc74b 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '2.23.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '2.24.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f4fc981ca..ca55a25cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "2.23.0"
+version = "2.24.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"