diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index bfc6a2aeb..d4d3ef7cd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
    {
      "dependencies": "1.5.15",
-     "boms/cloud-lts-bom": "9.0.1"
-   }
+     "boms/cloud-lts-bom": "10.0.0-rc1"
+}
diff --git a/boms/cloud-lts-bom/CHANGELOG.md b/boms/cloud-lts-bom/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f16a38b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boms/cloud-lts-bom/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [10.0.0-rc1](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/compare/gcp-lts-bom-v9.0.1...gcp-lts-bom-v10.0.0-rc1) (2025-12-04)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* preparing for next release of gcp-lts-bom ([#2450](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/issues/2450))
+
+### Features
+
+* preparing for next release of gcp-lts-bom ([#2450](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/issues/2450)) ([74115d4](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/commit/74115d452c07252aca2f6d3178814cfaeae6f4f7))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* next release candidate ([5949dbf](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloud-opensource-java/commit/5949dbf8663bad770285a63e0dddba1a6a71ea86))
diff --git a/boms/cloud-lts-bom/pom.xml b/boms/cloud-lts-bom/pom.xml
index a803970cc..1f3425035 100644
--- a/boms/cloud-lts-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/cloud-lts-bom/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>gcp-lts-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>9.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gcp-lts-bom:current} -->
+  <version>10.0.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:gcp-lts-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Long Term Support BOM</name>
   <description>Google Cloud Long Term Support BOM</description>
diff --git a/boms/cloud-lts-bom/versions.txt b/boms/cloud-lts-bom/versions.txt
index 530d65883..cfd949242 100644
--- a/boms/cloud-lts-bom/versions.txt
+++ b/boms/cloud-lts-bom/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-gcp-lts-bom:9.0.1:9.0.2-SNAPSHOT
+gcp-lts-bom:10.0.0-rc1:10.0.0-rc1