diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d26427e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+on:
+  pull_request:
+name: auto-release
+jobs:
+  approve:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/github-script@v3.0.0
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        debug: true
+        script: |
+          // only approve PRs from release-please[bot]
+          if (context.payload.pull_request.user.login !== "release-please[bot]") {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // only approve PRs like "chore: release <release version>"
+          if ( !context.payload.pull_request.title.startsWith("chore: release") ) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // trigger auto-release when
+          // 1) it is a SNAPSHOT release (auto-generated post regular release)
+          // 2) there are dependency updates only
+          // 3) there are no open dependency update PRs in this repo (to avoid multiple releases)
+          if (
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Fix") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Build") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Documentation") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("BREAKING CHANGES") ||
+            context.payload.pull_request.body.includes("Features")
+          ) {
+            console.log( "Not auto-releasing since it is not a dependency-update-only release." );
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const promise = github.pulls.list.endpoint({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            state: 'open'
+          });
+          const open_pulls = await github.paginate(promise)
+
+          if ( open_pulls.length > 1 && !context.payload.pull_request.title.includes("SNAPSHOT") ) {
+            for ( const pull of open_pulls ) {
+              if ( pull.title.startsWith("deps: update dependency") ) {
+                console.log( "Not auto-releasing yet since there are dependency update PRs open in this repo." );
+                return;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+          // approve release PR
+          await github.pulls.createReview({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            body: 'Rubber stamped release!',
+            pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            event: 'APPROVE'
+          });
+
+          // attach kokoro:force-run and automerge labels
+          await github.issues.addLabels({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            issue_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            labels: ['kokoro:force-run', 'automerge']
+          });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 122bcf74..d9c7ccea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### [0.9.1](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/compare/0.9.0...v0.9.1) (2020-09-23)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* update dependency io.grpc:grpc-bom to v1.32.1 ([#133](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/issues/133)) ([cde0463](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/commit/cde0463dd15c2a510085a3d5e3ac7b418c2fc3d4))
+* update iam.version to v1.0.1 ([#136](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/issues/136)) ([162e2bd](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/commit/162e2bda35fc3427ce571c6747aae4c9eb5866f6))
+
 ## [0.9.0](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies/compare/0.8.6...v0.9.0) (2020-08-31)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe98ebf8..18169245 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ If you are using Maven, use this artifact as your project's parent.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.0</version>
+      <version>0.9.1</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b8c5c1c..59101993 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-shared-dependencies</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>0.9.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
+  <version>0.9.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-shared-dependencies:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Shared Dependencies</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies</url>
   <description>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <site.installationModule>${project.artifactId}</site.installationModule>
 
-    <grpc.version>1.31.1</grpc.version>
+    <grpc.version>1.32.1</grpc.version>
     <gax.version>1.58.2</gax.version>
     <guava.version>29.0-android</guava.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.13.0</protobuf.version>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <threeten.version>1.4.4</threeten.version>
     <javax.annotations.version>1.3.2</javax.annotations.version>
     <animal-sniffer.version>1.19</animal-sniffer.version>
-    <iam.version>1.0.0</iam.version>
+    <iam.version>1.0.1</iam.version>
     <opencensus.version>0.24.0</opencensus.version>
     <findbugs.version>3.0.2</findbugs.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/synth.metadata b/synth.metadata
index de2cff43..d89918a9 100644
--- a/synth.metadata
+++ b/synth.metadata
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
       "git": {
         "name": ".",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/java-shared-dependencies.git",
-        "sha": "7fff6f2c94a19ba998d8cd47e8be5a6333808df8"
+        "sha": "cde0463dd15c2a510085a3d5e3ac7b418c2fc3d4"
       }
     },
     {
       "git": {
         "name": "synthtool",
         "remote": "https://github.com/googleapis/synthtool.git",
-        "sha": "019c7168faa0e56619f792693a8acdb30d6de19b"
+        "sha": "538a68019eb4a36a0cdfa4021f324dd01b784395"
       }
     }
   ],
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md",
     ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/support_request.md",
     ".github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md",
-    ".github/release-please.yml",
     ".github/trusted-contribution.yml",
+    ".github/workflows/auto-release.yaml",
     ".github/workflows/ci.yaml",
     ".kokoro/build.bat",
     ".kokoro/build.sh",
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index e2d7dd2d..17628583 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-shared-dependencies:0.9.0:0.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-cloud-shared-dependencies:0.9.1:0.9.1
\ No newline at end of file