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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 05:10:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 7.2.1

---
 CHANGELOG.md         | 7 +++++++
 package.json         | 2 +-
 samples/package.json | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 485b49e73..ce2f36e86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [7.2.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.2.0...v7.2.1) (2024-01-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** Update dependency google-gax to v4.1.0 ([#1981](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/1981)) ([2a36150](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/2a36150cb61e9abeef073724189cc651d29d8776))
+
 ## [7.2.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v7.1.0...v7.2.0) (2024-01-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e380e5e7..97bdeef53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "7.2.0",
+  "version": "7.2.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index fa602eca0..f23b20b1c 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/kms": "^4.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/precise-date": "^4.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.2.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.2.1",
     "yargs": "^17.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {