diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index df38bc0f628a..640bb4eea7db 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
   "google-cloud-audit_manager+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-audit_manager-v1": "1.2.0",
   "google-cloud-audit_manager-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
-  "google-cloud-automl": "2.2.1",
+  "google-cloud-automl": "3.0.0",
   "google-cloud-automl+FILLER": "0.0.0",
   "google-cloud-automl-v1": "1.8.1",
   "google-cloud-automl-v1+FILLER": "0.0.0",
diff --git a/google-cloud-automl/CHANGELOG.md b/google-cloud-automl/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..151de16c535c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-automl/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Changelog
+
+### 3.0.0 (2026-09-18)
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Replace google-cloud-automl with a tombstone ([#36592](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/36592))
+
+#### Features
+
+* Replace google-cloud-automl with a tombstone ([#36592](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-ruby/issues/36592)) 
diff --git a/google-cloud-automl/lib/google/cloud/automl/version.rb b/google-cloud-automl/lib/google/cloud/automl/version.rb
index 7c99bea1e5ba..fc526443a75e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-automl/lib/google/cloud/automl/version.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-automl/lib/google/cloud/automl/version.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 module Google
   module Cloud
     module AutoML
-      VERSION = "2.2.1"
+      VERSION = "3.0.0"
     end
   end
 end