diff --git a/genai/image_generation/noxfile_config.py b/genai/image_generation/noxfile_config.py
index 0973c8621c7..f4391d5680d 100644
--- a/genai/image_generation/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/genai/image_generation/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature them
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt b/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt
index 1af6c711b57..7b7f2db0446 100644
--- a/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/image_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-google-genai==2.29.0
+google-genai==3.0.0
 pillow==12.3.0; python_version >= "3.10"
diff --git a/genai/live/requirements.txt b/genai/live/requirements.txt
index b20a2df28a8..74682a7838c 100644
--- a/genai/live/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/live/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-google-genai==2.29.0
+google-genai==3.0.0
 scipy==1.18.1
 websockets==15.0.1
 numpy==2.5.3
diff --git a/genai/model_optimizer/noxfile_config.py b/genai/model_optimizer/noxfile_config.py
index 0973c8621c7..f4391d5680d 100644
--- a/genai/model_optimizer/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/genai/model_optimizer/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature them
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt b/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt
index ad433f48578..dc7647db760 100644
--- a/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/model_optimizer/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==2.29.0
+google-genai==3.0.0
diff --git a/genai/template_folder/noxfile_config.py b/genai/template_folder/noxfile_config.py
index 0973c8621c7..f4391d5680d 100644
--- a/genai/template_folder/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/genai/template_folder/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature them
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt b/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt
index ad433f48578..dc7647db760 100644
--- a/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/template_folder/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==2.29.0
+google-genai==3.0.0
diff --git a/genai/video_generation/noxfile_config.py b/genai/video_generation/noxfile_config.py
index 0973c8621c7..f4391d5680d 100644
--- a/genai/video_generation/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/genai/video_generation/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature them
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt b/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt
index b83c25fae61..dc7647db760 100644
--- a/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt
+++ b/genai/video_generation/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.43.0
+google-genai==3.0.0
diff --git a/model_garden/anthropic/noxfile_config.py b/model_garden/anthropic/noxfile_config.py
index 0973c8621c7..f4391d5680d 100644
--- a/model_garden/anthropic/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/model_garden/anthropic/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature them
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt b/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt
index 52f70d3580a..b6311a75cfe 100644
--- a/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt
+++ b/model_garden/anthropic/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-google-genai==1.7.0
\ No newline at end of file
+google-genai==3.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/noxfile_config.py b/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/noxfile_config.py
index df28cd818d6..411ccbed39d 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/noxfile_config.py
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/noxfile_config.py
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 
 TEST_CONFIG_OVERRIDE = {
     # You can opt out from the test for specific Python versions.
-    # NOTE: Apache Beam does not currently support Python 3.12.
-    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"],
+    "ignored_versions": ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.13"],
     # Old samples are opted out of enforcing Python type hints
     # All new samples should feature them
     "enforce_type_hints": True,
diff --git a/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt b/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt
index 1db18250480..a158d179941 100644
--- a/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt
+++ b/people-and-planet-ai/image-classification/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apache-beam[gcp]==2.77.0
-google-genai==2.29.0
+google-genai==3.0.0
 pillow==12.3.0
 pydantic==2.14.1
 requests==2.34.2