diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 962a661cc2b5..db726597ea39 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "profiler": "0.4.2",
   "pubsub": "1.45.3",
   "pubsublite": "1.8.2",
-  "spanner": "1.73.0",
+  "spanner": "1.74.0",
   "storage": "1.49.0",
   "vertexai": "0.13.3"
 }
diff --git a/spanner/CHANGES.md b/spanner/CHANGES.md
index 14e487e3b9d7..0e5df7349300 100644
--- a/spanner/CHANGES.md
+++ b/spanner/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,67 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.74.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.73.0...spanner/v1.74.0) (2024-12-27)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** Exposing FreeInstanceAvailability in InstanceConfig ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** Exposing FreeInstanceMetadata in Instance configuration (to define the metadata related to FREE instance type) ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** Exposing InstanceType in Instance configuration (to define PROVISIONED or FREE spanner instance) ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** Exposing QuorumType in InstanceConfig ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** Exposing storage_limit_per_processing_unit in InstanceConfig ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner:** Add the last statement option to ExecuteSqlRequest and ExecuteBatchDmlRequest ([8dedb87](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/8dedb878c070cc1e92d62bb9b32358425e3ceffb))
+* **spanner:** Add UUID in Spanner TypeCode enum ([46fc993](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/46fc993a3195203a230e2831bee456baaa9f7b1c))
+* **spanner:** Implement generation and propagation of "x-goog-spanner-request-id" Header ([#11048](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11048)) ([10960c1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/10960c162660d183c70837762c8f71aeb6c6e1eb))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **spanner/test/opentelemetry/test:** Update golang.org/x/net to v0.33.0 ([e9b0b69](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/e9b0b69644ea5b276cacff0a707e8a5e87efafc9))
+* **spanner:** Support setting monitoring host via env and override any endpoint override from spanner options with default one ([#11141](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/11141)) ([3d61545](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/3d6154588da598092e5cffe6c1c5770998037fe1))
+* **spanner:** Update golang.org/x/net to v0.33.0 ([e9b0b69](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/e9b0b69644ea5b276cacff0a707e8a5e87efafc9))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for enum `DefaultBackupScheduleType` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for enum value `AUTOMATIC` in enum `DefaultBackupScheduleType` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for enum value `GOOGLE_MANAGED` in enum `Type` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for enum value `NONE` in enum `DefaultBackupScheduleType` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for enum value `USER_MANAGED` in enum `Type` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `base_config` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceConfig` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `default_backup_schedule_type` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.Instance` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `filter` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstanceConfigOperationsRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `filter` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstancePartitionOperationsRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `instance_config` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.CreateInstanceConfigRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `instance_partition_deadline` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstancePartitionOperationsRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `location` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ReplicaInfo` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `node_count` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.Instance` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `node_count` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstancePartition` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `operations` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstanceConfigOperationsResponse` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `operations` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstancePartitionOperationsResponse` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `optional_replicas` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceConfig` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `parent` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstancePartitionsRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `processing_units` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.Instance` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `processing_units` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstancePartition` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `referencing_backups` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstancePartition` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `replicas` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceConfig` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `storage_utilization_percent` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.AutoscalingConfig` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for field `unreachable` in message `.google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.ListInstancePartitionsResponse` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for message `CreateInstanceConfigRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for message `DeleteInstanceConfigRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for message `UpdateInstanceConfigRequest` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `CreateInstance` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `CreateInstanceConfig` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `CreateInstancePartition` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `ListInstanceConfigOperations` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `ListInstanceConfigs` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `ListInstancePartitionOperations` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `MoveInstance` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `UpdateInstance` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `UpdateInstanceConfig` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+* **spanner/admin/instance:** A comment for method `UpdateInstancePartition` in service `InstanceAdmin` is changed ([4254053](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/42540530e44e5f331e66e0777c4aabf449f5fd90))
+
 ## [1.73.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/spanner/v1.72.0...spanner/v1.73.0) (2024-11-14)
 
 
diff --git a/spanner/internal/version.go b/spanner/internal/version.go
index 1848f4c50a3d..2af217c406b3 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 = "1.73.0"
+const Version = "1.74.0"