diff --git a/.librarian/config.yaml b/.librarian/config.yaml
index 76b8333f5d61..ced97dc03d44 100644
--- a/.librarian/config.yaml
+++ b/.librarian/config.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ libraries:
   - id: "bigframes"
     release_blocked: true
 # TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/16506):
-# Allow generation for google-cloud-firestore once this bug is fixed.
+# Allow generation/release for google-cloud-firestore once this bug is fixed.
   - id: "google-cloud-firestore"
     generate_blocked: true
+    release_blocked: true
 # TODO(https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/issues/16165):
 # Allow generation for google-cloud-dialogflow once this bug is fixed.
   - id: "google-cloud-dialogflow"