diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6367b962b003..080272b4d2b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.247.0
+
+<details><summary>google/cloud-spanner 1.79.0</summary>
+
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **spanner:** Add PG.OID type support for parameterized queries ([#6788](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-php/issues/6788)) ([273683d](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-php/commit/273683d22dce24ac7500e9744d939832ed337bb2))
+
+</details>
+
 ## 0.246.0
 
 <details><summary>google/cloud-bigtable 1.32.0</summary>
diff --git a/Spanner/VERSION b/Spanner/VERSION
index 54227249d1ff..b3a8c61e6a86 100644
--- a/Spanner/VERSION
+++ b/Spanner/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.78.0
+1.79.0
diff --git a/Spanner/src/SpannerClient.php b/Spanner/src/SpannerClient.php
index cb459122df90..c6a839873733 100644
--- a/Spanner/src/SpannerClient.php
+++ b/Spanner/src/SpannerClient.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class SpannerClient
     use LROTrait;
     use ValidateTrait;
 
-    const VERSION = '1.78.0';
+    const VERSION = '1.79.0';
 
     const FULL_CONTROL_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spanner.data';
     const ADMIN_SCOPE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spanner.admin';
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f561ffa8daa3..0f221eba22ff 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
         "google/cloud-service-usage": "1.3.3",
         "google/cloud-servicehealth": "0.1.5",
         "google/cloud-shell": "1.3.4",
-        "google/cloud-spanner": "1.78.0",
+        "google/cloud-spanner": "1.79.0",
         "google/cloud-speech": "1.18.2",
         "google/cloud-sql-admin": "0.17.0",
         "google/cloud-storage": "1.42.0",