diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index cfb9d7004b5..ead3dcc8d28 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   "handwritten/bigquery-storage": "5.1.2",
   "handwritten/bigtable": "6.5.1",
   "handwritten/cloud-profiler": "7.0.1",
-  "handwritten/datastore": "10.1.1",
+  "handwritten/datastore": "10.2.0",
   "handwritten/error-reporting": "3.0.6",
   "handwritten/firestore": "8.7.0",
   "handwritten/google-cloud-dns": "5.3.2",
diff --git a/changelog.json b/changelog.json
index 5c0fcbc7512..1f4e0772de6 100644
--- a/changelog.json
+++ b/changelog.json
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 {
   "repository": "googleapis/google-cloud-node",
   "entries": [
+    {
+      "changes": [
+        {
+          "type": "feat",
+          "sha": "182bda2c8e92b27c93cd36e586d490d84a793e2d",
+          "message": "Split gapic and proto usage from the handwritten library into datastore-api",
+          "issues": [
+            "8938"
+          ],
+          "scope": "datastore"
+        }
+      ],
+      "version": "10.2.0",
+      "language": "JAVASCRIPT",
+      "artifactName": "@google-cloud/datastore",
+      "id": "116867f4-35aa-4be0-afe9-6eb34a344ea5",
+      "createTime": "2026-07-28T15:56:05.142Z"
+    },
     {
       "changes": [
         {
@@ -83231,5 +83249,5 @@
       "createTime": "2023-01-28T04:18:24.718Z"
     }
   ],
-  "updateTime": "2026-07-27T21:14:17.996Z"
+  "updateTime": "2026-07-28T15:56:05.142Z"
 }
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diff --git a/handwritten/datastore/CHANGELOG.md b/handwritten/datastore/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bc32827e07..4860871458a 100644
--- a/handwritten/datastore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/handwritten/datastore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google-cloud/datastore?activeTab=versions
 
+## [10.2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/compare/datastore-v10.1.1...datastore-v10.2.0) (2026-07-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **datastore:** Split gapic and proto usage from the handwritten library into datastore-api ([#8938](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/issues/8938)) ([182bda2](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/commit/182bda2c8e92b27c93cd36e586d490d84a793e2d))
+
 ## [10.1.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-node/compare/datastore-v10.1.0...datastore-v10.1.1) (2026-05-11)
 
 
diff --git a/handwritten/datastore/package.json b/handwritten/datastore/package.json
index 64e6853b866..d04ec6985b8 100644
--- a/handwritten/datastore/package.json
+++ b/handwritten/datastore/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/datastore",
-  "version": "10.1.1",
+  "version": "10.2.0",
   "description": "Cloud Datastore Client Library for Node.js",
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",