diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cc889c220c..91dea5bee79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner'
If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies
```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner:6.22.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner:6.23.0'
```
If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies
```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner" % "6.22.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-spanner" % "6.23.0"
```
## Authentication
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 397c8985b3b..00a539d088f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
UTF-8
github
google-cloud-spanner-parent
- 2.8.0
+ 2.9.0