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From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 20:35:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 3.26.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 setup.py     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99f346e89a..9561b0cc7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.26.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.25.0...v3.26.0) (2022-12-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Inline Begin transction for RW transactions ([#840](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/840)) ([c2456be](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/c2456bed513dc4ab8954e5227605fca12e776b63))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix for binding of pinging and bursty pool with database role ([#871](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/871)) ([89da17e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/89da17efccdf4f686f73f87f997128a96c614839))
+
 ## [3.25.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.24.0...v3.25.0) (2022-12-13)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ddb8ca503b..e75a858af1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 name = "google-cloud-spanner"
 description = "Cloud Spanner API client library"
-version = "3.25.0"
+version = "3.26.0"
 # Should be one of:
 # 'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha'
 # 'Development Status :: 4 - Beta'