diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 29568cea0067..66f67c45aa7b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   "profiler": "0.4.1",
   "pubsub": "1.45.1",
   "pubsublite": "1.8.2",
-  "spanner": "1.71.0",
+  "spanner": "1.72.0",
   "storage": "1.46.0",
   "vertexai": "0.13.2"
 }
diff --git a/spanner/CHANGES.md b/spanner/CHANGES.md
index e1003f833601..73d75e0f6ef2 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGES.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.72.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.71.0...spanner/v1.72.0) (2024-11-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **spanner/spansql:** Add support for protobuf column types & Proto bundles ([#10945](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10945)) ([91c6f0f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/91c6f0fcaadfb7bd983e070e6ceffc8aeba7d5a2)), refs [#10944](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10944)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **spanner:** Skip exporting metrics if attempt or operation is not captured. ([#11095](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11095)) ([1d074b5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/1d074b520c7a368fb8a7a27574ef56a120665c64))
+
 ## [1.71.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.70.0...spanner/v1.71.0) (2024-11-01)
 
 
diff --git a/spanner/internal/version.go b/spanner/internal/version.go
index 9117774b57bc..d0967448999a 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 = "1.71.0"
+const Version = "1.72.0"