diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index cb4a64b1f991..b9251c19748a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
   "profiler": "0.4.0",
   "pubsub": "1.33.0",
   "pubsublite": "1.8.1",
-  "spanner": "1.53.0",
+  "spanner": "1.53.1",
   "storage": "1.35.1"
 }
diff --git a/spanner/CHANGES.md b/spanner/CHANGES.md
index 043522abb362..c1811ee73265 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGES.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.53.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.53.0...spanner/v1.53.1) (2023-12-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **spanner:** Handle nil error when cleaning up long running session ([#9052](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9052)) ([a93bc26](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/a93bc2696bf9ae60aae93af0e8c4911b58514d31))
+* **spanner:** MarshalJSON function caused errors for certain values ([#9063](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9063)) ([afe7c98](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/afe7c98036c198995075530d4228f1f4ae3f1222))
+
 ## [1.53.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.52.0...spanner/v1.53.0) (2023-11-15)
 
 
diff --git a/spanner/internal/version.go b/spanner/internal/version.go
index 215f04cde09f..4fe547595c50 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 = "1.53.0"
+const Version = "1.53.1"