diff --git a/firebase-messaging-directboot/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-messaging-directboot/CHANGELOG.md
index f2c93f3218a..732b437995e 100644
--- a/firebase-messaging-directboot/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-messaging-directboot/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Unreleased
-
+* [unchanged] Updated to keep messaging SDK versions aligned.
 
 # 24.0.3
 * [changed] Updated protobuf dependency to `3.25.5` to fix
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index 8af5d331804..3190fd15042 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         ":firebase-messaging",
         ":firebase-messaging-directboot",
         ":firebase-messaging:ktx",
+        ":firebase-functions",
         ":firebase-vertexai"
     ]
 }
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