diff --git a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
index 4879f02a5..a259dc084 100644
--- a/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
+++ b/.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ branchProtectionRules:
     - OwlBot Post Processor
     - 'Kokoro - Test: Java GraalVM Native Image'
     - 'Kokoro - Test: Java 17 GraalVM Native Image'
+    - javadoc
 
 # Identifies the protection rule pattern. Name of the branch to be protected.
 # Defaults to `main`
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1f93aa82..39927096c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.11.9](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/compare/v2.11.8...v2.11.9) (2023-08-21)
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.cloud:google-cloud-spanner-bom to v6.45.3 ([#1325](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/issues/1325)) ([d96d278](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/commit/d96d278f58942c38b30dc0a4e1f9f92aefdc760b))
+
 ## [2.11.8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc/compare/v2.11.7...v2.11.8) (2023-08-15)
 
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e85f5a45..84b23656c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-  <version>2.11.8</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:current} -->
+  <version>2.11.9</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Spanner JDBC</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-spanner-jdbc</url>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>6.45.2</version>
+        <version>6.45.3</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 192263619..9b535bcfd 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.7</version>
+      <version>2.11.8</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END spanner-jdbc_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 73e594f27..47da31b3e 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.8</version>
+      <version>2.11.9</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index e9d28b678..9b5dabc43 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:2.11.8:2.11.8
+google-cloud-spanner-jdbc:2.11.9:2.11.9