diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e5cbfafe9d..6581790196 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.43.0"
+    ".": "3.44.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40d7b46ef4..d73ddf901f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.43.0...v3.44.0) (2024-03-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support of float32 type ([#1113](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1113)) ([7e0b46a](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/7e0b46aba7c48f7f944c0fca0cb394551b8d60c1))
+* Changes for float32 in dbapi ([#1115](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1115)) ([c9f4fbf](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/c9f4fbf2a42054ed61916fb544c5aca947a50598))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Correcting name of variable from `table_schema` to `schema_name` ([#1114](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1114)) ([a92c6d3](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/a92c6d347f2ae84779ec8662280ea894d558a887))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Add sample for managed autoscaler ([#1111](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1111)) ([e73c671](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/e73c6718b23bf78a8f264419b2ba378f95fa2554))
+
 ## [3.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.42.0...v3.43.0) (2024-03-06)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
index 9519d06159..d8ad1d2cc3 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
index 9519d06159..d8ad1d2cc3 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
index 9519d06159..d8ad1d2cc3 100644
--- a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
+++ b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.43.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.44.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
index d82a3d122c..6f8f69a452 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database",
-    "version": "3.43.0"
+    "version": "3.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
index d5bccd9177..ff820272a6 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance",
-    "version": "3.43.0"
+    "version": "3.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
index 468b6aac82..d78b329e04 100644
--- a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
+++ b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner",
-    "version": "3.43.0"
+    "version": "3.44.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {