chore(main): release 6.9.0 (#1838)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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## [6.9.0](https://togithub.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v6.8.0...v6.9.0) (2023-04-26)


### Features

* Leader aware routing ([#1783](https://togithub.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/1783)) ([0703f41](https://togithub.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/0703f4160c4a0b4c9f9f716174daca110ab8e50f))

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-spanner?activeTab=versions
 
+## [6.9.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v6.8.0...v6.9.0) (2023-04-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Leader aware routing ([#1783](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/issues/1783)) ([0703f41](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/commit/0703f4160c4a0b4c9f9f716174daca110ab8e50f))
+
 ## [6.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-spanner/compare/v6.7.2...v6.8.0) (2023-04-06)
 
 

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/spanner",
   "description": "Cloud Spanner Client Library for Node.js",
-  "version": "6.8.0",
+  "version": "6.9.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": "Google Inc.",
   "engines": {

samples/package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/kms": "^3.0.0",
     "@google-cloud/precise-date": "^3.0.0",
-    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^6.8.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^6.9.0",
     "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {