diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc6ec58479..eb350402bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [6.45.1](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.45.0...v6.45.1) (2023-08-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Always allow metadata queries ([#2580](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/issues/2580)) ([ebb17fc](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/commit/ebb17fc8aeac5fc75e4f135f33dba970f2480585))
+
 ## [6.45.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner/compare/v6.44.0...v6.45.0) (2023-08-04)
 
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-bom/pom.xml
index 55c22bdb6a..7fbfef43a3 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -53,48 +53,48 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
-        <version>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-executor</artifactId>
-        <version>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner</artifactId>
         <type>test-jar</type>
-        <version>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1</artifactId>
-        <version>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
index aacc0657c2..adc61206b4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/pom.xml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-executor</artifactId>
-  <version>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-executor:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner Executor</name>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 5e8233c55b..2a4c09c66d 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</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 984a486718..560e6133a4 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</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 faaba8f2ac..d70202912a 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</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 955d076d24..998a11a850 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c621277c09..70a1df1a8a 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+        <version>6.45.1</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 c02f9ddf21..16f7734139 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</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 2916de62dc..6603ea20cd 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</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 bd9827bbf9..3867117135 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:current} -->
+  <version>6.45.1</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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
+    <version>6.45.1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 7c1ebd6849..5af0327ef2 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>6.45.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>6.45.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
     
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index f03f4222dd..240240a196 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-spanner:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-spanner-executor:6.45.0:6.45.1-SNAPSHOT
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.45.1:6.45.1
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.45.1:6.45.1
+proto-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.45.1:6.45.1
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1:6.45.1:6.45.1
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1:6.45.1:6.45.1
+grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1:6.45.1:6.45.1
+google-cloud-spanner:6.45.1:6.45.1
+google-cloud-spanner-executor:6.45.1:6.45.1