diff --git a/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json b/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3b0f581da758..69e31a7a62ae 100644
--- a/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "spanner": "1.38.0"
+    "spanner": "1.39.0"
 }
diff --git a/spanner/CHANGES.md b/spanner/CHANGES.md
index 6d0d8aff80eb..8a09df7239e6 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGES.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.39.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.38.0...spanner/v1.39.0) (2022-09-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **spanner/admin/database:** Add custom instance config operations ([ec1a190](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ec1a190abbc4436fcaeaa1421c7d9df624042752))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** Add custom instance config operations ([ef2b0b1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ef2b0b1d4de9beb9005537ae48d7d8e1c0f23b98))
+* **spanner/spannersql:** Add backticks when name contains a hypen ([#6621](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6621)) ([e88ca66](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/e88ca66ca950e15d9011322dbfca3c88ccceb0ec))
+* **spanner/spansql:** Add support for create, alter and drop change … ([#6669](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6669)) ([cc4620a](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/cc4620a5ee3a9129a4cdd48d90d4060ba0bbcd58))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **spanner/admin/database:** Revert add custom instance config operations (change broke client libraries; reverting before any are released) ([ec1a190](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ec1a190abbc4436fcaeaa1421c7d9df624042752))
+* **spanner:** Spanner sessions will be cleaned up from the backend ([#6679](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6679)) ([c27097e](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/c27097e236abeb8439a67ad9b716d05c001aea2e))
+
 ## [1.38.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.37.0...spanner/v1.38.0) (2022-09-03)
 
 
diff --git a/spanner/internal/version.go b/spanner/internal/version.go
index 8d99cbc09de0..385391b28ace 100644
--- a/spanner/internal/version.go
+++ b/spanner/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.38.0"
+const Version = "1.39.0"