diff --git a/spanner/client.go b/spanner/client.go
index de67e864e678..5d3d078a5b0d 100644
--- a/spanner/client.go
+++ b/spanner/client.go
@@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ type applyOption struct {
 	// will not be recorded in allowed tracking change streams with DDL option
 	// allow_txn_exclusion=true.
 	excludeTxnFromChangeStreams bool
+	// commitOptions is the commit options to use for the commit operation.
+	commitOptions CommitOptions
 }
 
 // An ApplyOption is an optional argument to Apply.
@@ -921,6 +923,13 @@ func ExcludeTxnFromChangeStreams() ApplyOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// ApplyCommitOptions returns an ApplyOption that sets the commit options to use for the commit operation.
+func ApplyCommitOptions(co CommitOptions) ApplyOption {
+	return func(ao *applyOption) {
+		ao.commitOptions = co
+	}
+}
+
 // Apply applies a list of mutations atomically to the database.
 func (c *Client) Apply(ctx context.Context, ms []*Mutation, opts ...ApplyOption) (commitTimestamp time.Time, err error) {
 	ao := &applyOption{}
@@ -939,10 +948,10 @@ func (c *Client) Apply(ctx context.Context, ms []*Mutation, opts ...ApplyOption)
 	if !ao.atLeastOnce {
 		resp, err := c.ReadWriteTransactionWithOptions(ctx, func(ctx context.Context, t *ReadWriteTransaction) error {
 			return t.BufferWrite(ms)
-		}, TransactionOptions{CommitPriority: ao.priority, TransactionTag: ao.transactionTag, ExcludeTxnFromChangeStreams: ao.excludeTxnFromChangeStreams})
+		}, TransactionOptions{CommitPriority: ao.priority, TransactionTag: ao.transactionTag, ExcludeTxnFromChangeStreams: ao.excludeTxnFromChangeStreams, CommitOptions: ao.commitOptions})
 		return resp.CommitTs, err
 	}
-	t := &writeOnlyTransaction{sp: c.idleSessions, commitPriority: ao.priority, transactionTag: ao.transactionTag, disableRouteToLeader: c.disableRouteToLeader, excludeTxnFromChangeStreams: ao.excludeTxnFromChangeStreams}
+	t := &writeOnlyTransaction{sp: c.idleSessions, commitPriority: ao.priority, transactionTag: ao.transactionTag, disableRouteToLeader: c.disableRouteToLeader, excludeTxnFromChangeStreams: ao.excludeTxnFromChangeStreams, commitOptions: ao.commitOptions}
 	return t.applyAtLeastOnce(ctx, ms...)
 }
 
diff --git a/spanner/client_test.go b/spanner/client_test.go
index 6d2870cdfcfc..a25aa26c7610 100644
--- a/spanner/client_test.go
+++ b/spanner/client_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/durationpb"
 	structpb "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/structpb"
 
 	vkit "cloud.google.com/go/spanner/apiv1"
@@ -3533,6 +3534,29 @@ func TestClient_ApplyAtLeastOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	requests := drainRequestsFromServer(server.TestSpanner)
+	for _, req := range requests {
+		if r, ok := req.(*sppb.CommitRequest); ok {
+			if r.MaxCommitDelay != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected MaxCommitDelay: %v", r.MaxCommitDelay)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Using Max commit delay
+	duration := 1 * time.Millisecond
+	_, err = client.Apply(context.Background(), ms, ApplyAtLeastOnce(), ApplyCommitOptions(CommitOptions{MaxCommitDelay: &duration}))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	requests = drainRequestsFromServer(server.TestSpanner)
+	for _, req := range requests {
+		if r, ok := req.(*sppb.CommitRequest); ok {
+			if r.MaxCommitDelay.GetNanos() != durationpb.New(duration).GetNanos() {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected MaxCommitDelay: %v", r.MaxCommitDelay)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func TestClient_ApplyAtLeastOnceReuseSession(t *testing.T) {
@@ -5319,8 +5343,16 @@ func TestClient_Apply_Tagging(t *testing.T) {
 	server, client, teardown := setupMockedTestServer(t)
 	defer teardown()
 
-	client.Apply(context.Background(), []*Mutation{Insert("foo", []string{"col1"}, []interface{}{"val1"})})
+	duration := time.Millisecond
+	client.Apply(context.Background(), []*Mutation{Insert("foo", []string{"col1"}, []interface{}{"val1"})}, ApplyCommitOptions(CommitOptions{MaxCommitDelay: &duration}))
 	checkCommitForExpectedRequestOptions(t, server.TestSpanner, &sppb.RequestOptions{})
+	for _, req := range drainRequestsFromServer(server.TestSpanner) {
+		if commitReq, ok := req.(*sppb.CommitRequest); ok {
+			if commitReq.MaxCommitDelay.GetNanos() != durationpb.New(duration).GetNanos() {
+				t.Fatalf("Missing MaxCommitDelay in commit request")
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	client.Apply(context.Background(), []*Mutation{Insert("foo", []string{"col1"}, []interface{}{"val1"})}, TransactionTag("tx-tag"))
 	checkCommitForExpectedRequestOptions(t, server.TestSpanner, &sppb.RequestOptions{TransactionTag: "tx-tag"})
@@ -5330,6 +5362,9 @@ func TestClient_Apply_Tagging(t *testing.T) {
 
 	client.Apply(context.Background(), []*Mutation{Insert("foo", []string{"col1"}, []interface{}{"val1"})}, ApplyAtLeastOnce(), TransactionTag("tx-tag"))
 	checkCommitForExpectedRequestOptions(t, server.TestSpanner, &sppb.RequestOptions{TransactionTag: "tx-tag"})
+
+	client.Apply(context.Background(), []*Mutation{Insert("foo", []string{"col1"}, []interface{}{"val1"})}, ApplyAtLeastOnce(), TransactionTag("tx-tag"))
+	checkCommitForExpectedRequestOptions(t, server.TestSpanner, &sppb.RequestOptions{TransactionTag: "tx-tag"})
 }
 
 func TestClient_PartitionQuery_RequestOptions(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/spanner/integration_test.go b/spanner/integration_test.go
index 82c4175f29a2..daece9034eca 100644
--- a/spanner/integration_test.go
+++ b/spanner/integration_test.go
@@ -1499,7 +1499,11 @@ func TestIntegration_ReadWriteTransaction_StatementBased(t *testing.T) {
 		Insert("Accounts", []string{"AccountId", "Nickname", "Balance"}, []interface{}{int64(1), "Foo", int64(50)}),
 		Insert("Accounts", []string{"AccountId", "Nickname", "Balance"}, []interface{}{int64(2), "Bar", int64(1)}),
 	}
-	if _, err := client.Apply(ctx, accounts, ApplyAtLeastOnce()); err != nil {
+	duration, err := time.ParseDuration("100ms")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := client.Apply(ctx, accounts, ApplyAtLeastOnce(), ApplyCommitOptions(CommitOptions{ReturnCommitStats: true, MaxCommitDelay: &duration})); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/spanner/transaction.go b/spanner/transaction.go
index 20a3e4037bd9..f251adca1be2 100644
--- a/spanner/transaction.go
+++ b/spanner/transaction.go
@@ -1859,6 +1859,8 @@ type writeOnlyTransaction struct {
 	// current transaction from the allowed tracking change streams with DDL option
 	// allow_txn_exclusion=true.
 	excludeTxnFromChangeStreams bool
+	// commitOptions are applied to the Commit request for the writeOnlyTransaction..
+	commitOptions CommitOptions
 }
 
 // applyAtLeastOnce commits a list of mutations to Cloud Spanner at least once,
@@ -1883,6 +1885,11 @@ func (t *writeOnlyTransaction) applyAtLeastOnce(ctx context.Context, ms ...*Muta
 		return ts, err
 	}
 
+	var maxCommitDelay *durationpb.Duration
+	if t.commitOptions.MaxCommitDelay != nil {
+		maxCommitDelay = durationpb.New(*(t.commitOptions.MaxCommitDelay))
+	}
+
 	// Make a retryer for Aborted and certain Internal errors.
 	retryer := onCodes(DefaultRetryBackoff, codes.Aborted, codes.Internal)
 	// Apply the mutation and retry if the commit is aborted.
@@ -1910,6 +1917,7 @@ func (t *writeOnlyTransaction) applyAtLeastOnce(ctx context.Context, ms ...*Muta
 				},
 				Mutations:      mPb,
 				RequestOptions: createRequestOptions(t.commitPriority, "", t.transactionTag),
+				MaxCommitDelay: maxCommitDelay,
 			})
 			if err != nil && !isAbortedErr(err) {
 				// should not be the case with multiplexed sessions