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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2022 01:56:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 6.18.0 (#1641)

:robot: I have created a release *beep* *boop*
---


## [6.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.17.4...v6.18.0) (2022-02-03)


### Features

* add database dialect ([#1657](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1657)) ([269f090](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/269f090805b366fcd7a7163a6602268b4d143aa4))
* Updating readme with new gfe latency metrics ([#1630](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1630)) ([d02601a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/d02601ac73a1b9ab580480c4370ba26260996d8c))


### Dependencies

* **java:** update actions/github-script action to v5 ([#1339](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1339)) ([#1659](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1659)) ([203b346](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/203b346e748b78e56aad2246c3970593a7584825))
* update actions/github-script action to v5 ([#1658](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1658)) ([a2f3790](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/a2f3790c35ecc960b50979caa12f6355f397c127))
* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring to v3.2.1 ([#1637](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1637)) ([73c9434](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/73c94349b56710adc788c3a8440648e7f66f228b))
* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.7.0 ([#1662](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1662)) ([ece31c0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ece31c0d873ee537b167792dcbe9dc62d783a52d))
* update opencensus.version to v0.31.0 ([#1661](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1661)) ([1e86a3a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/1e86a3a4542e6744cb1d8a8dbca36218c147c9f0))

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---
 CHANGELOG.md                                   | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml               | 18 +++++++++---------
 google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml                   |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                    |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                    |  4 ++--
 grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml           |  4 ++--
 pom.xml                                        | 16 ++++++++--------
 .../pom.xml                                    |  4 ++--
 .../pom.xml                                    |  4 ++--
 proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml          |  4 ++--
 samples/snapshot/pom.xml                       |  2 +-
 versions.txt                                   | 14 +++++++-------
 12 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bc8f065f34..79dc4815b89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.17.4...v6.18.0) (2022-02-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add database dialect ([#1657](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1657)) ([269f090](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/269f090805b366fcd7a7163a6602268b4d143aa4))
+* Updating readme with new gfe latency metrics ([#1630](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1630)) ([d02601a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/d02601ac73a1b9ab580480c4370ba26260996d8c))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* **java:** update actions/github-script action to v5 ([#1339](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1339)) ([#1659](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1659)) ([203b346](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/203b346e748b78e56aad2246c3970593a7584825))
+* update actions/github-script action to v5 ([#1658](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1658)) ([a2f3790](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/a2f3790c35ecc960b50979caa12f6355f397c127))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-monitoring to v3.2.1 ([#1637](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1637)) ([73c9434](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/73c94349b56710adc788c3a8440648e7f66f228b))
+* update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-shared-dependencies to v2.7.0 ([#1662](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1662)) ([ece31c0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ece31c0d873ee537b167792dcbe9dc62d783a52d))
+* update opencensus.version to v0.31.0 ([#1661](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/1661)) ([1e86a3a](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/1e86a3a4542e6744cb1d8a8dbca36218c147c9f0))
+
 ### [6.17.4](https://www.github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.17.3...v6.17.4) (2022-01-07)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
index 8b5383ea282..14e39747f65 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -53,43 +53,43 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
         <type>test-jar</type>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 1ceeab06728..76bea85ee73 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-spanner</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index 0a82fa61816..df6507267ae 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index 68602448c9d..265693ff83d 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index bb4cd294503..c82e975c726 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b08f9f6f6f..5194c127a0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner</url>
   <description>
@@ -62,37 +62,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index a5de3cc3068..5527b946790 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index f0df12f1353..3df1e39b291 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index 7ca14f47c24..4229203912a 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-  <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.18.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index c8395bbf311..f5f1481c143 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-      <version>6.17.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.18.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 6b82fc6f75d..122a4b35372 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-spanner:6.17.4:6.17.5-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.18.0:6.18.0
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.18.0:6.18.0
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.18.0:6.18.0
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.18.0:6.18.0
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