diff --git a/release/trigger_all_tests.json b/release/trigger_all_tests.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0967ef424bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/trigger_all_tests.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/scripts/beam-sql.sh b/scripts/beam-sql.sh
index 401cd471c08c..0b36b7f2aa77 100755
--- a/scripts/beam-sql.sh
+++ b/scripts/beam-sql.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 set -e # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
 
 # --- Configuration ---
-DEFAULT_BEAM_VERSION="2.67.0"
+DEFAULT_BEAM_VERSION="2.69.0"
 MAIN_CLASS="org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.sql.jdbc.BeamSqlLine"
 # Directory to store cached executable JAR files
 CACHE_DIR="${HOME}/.beam/cache"