diff --git a/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json b/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json
index 748fdbf96818..dfc979ebc890 100644
--- a/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/spanner/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "spanner": "1.33.0"
+    "spanner": "1.34.0"
 }
diff --git a/spanner/CHANGES.md b/spanner/CHANGES.md
index e89e9aaed19f..c8f0ad1f0444 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGES.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.34.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.33.0...spanner/v1.34.0) (2022-06-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **spanner:** add Session creator role docs: clarify transaction semantics ([4134941](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/41349411e601f57dc6d9e246f1748fd86d17bb15))
+
 ## [1.33.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.32.0...spanner/v1.33.0) (2022-05-28)
 
 
diff --git a/spanner/internal/version.go b/spanner/internal/version.go
index ba70a43673b7..a018e6275b14 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 = "1.33.0"
+const Version = "1.34.0"