diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5c915cbf68..631b492c41 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.26.0"
+    ".": "3.27.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9561b0cc7d..1b30ef2212 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,29 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.27.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.26.0...v3.27.0) (2023-01-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for python 3.11 ([#879](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/879)) ([4b8c2cf](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4b8c2cf6c30892ad977e3db6c3a147a93af649e6))
+* Add typing to proto.Message based class attributes ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Add dict typing for client_options ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+* **deps:** Require google-api-core >=1.34.0, >=2.11.0 ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+* Drop packaging dependency ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+* Drop usage of pkg_resources ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+* Fix timeout default values ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **samples:** Snippetgen handling of repeated enum field ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+* **samples:** Snippetgen should call await on the operation coroutine before calling result ([4683d10](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/4683d10c75e24aa222591d6001e07aacb6b4ee46))
+
 ## [3.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.25.0...v3.26.0) (2022-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
index d359b39654..f0856cadb7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.26.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.27.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
index d359b39654..f0856cadb7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.26.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.27.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
index d359b39654..f0856cadb7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.26.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.27.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
index 0fd35e7243..bfc8e8b3bd 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.27.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
index 9572d4d727..b0c96ead27 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.27.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
index a8e8be3ae3..ad3afc34b0 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.27.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {