diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/clirr-ignored-differences.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- see http://www.mojohaus.org/clirr-maven-plugin/examples/ignored-differences.html -->
+<differences>
+  <difference>
+    <differenceType>7012</differenceType>
+    <className>com/google/spanner/admin/database/v1/*</className>
+    <method>*</method>
+  </difference>
+</differences>