diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 37e12350e3..dba3bd5369 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.55.0"
+    ".": "3.56.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7f8ac42c6..0d809fa0c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.56.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.55.0...v3.56.0) (2025-07-24)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add support for multiplexed sessions - read/write ([#1389](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1389)) ([ce3f230](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/ce3f2305cd5589e904daa18142fbfeb180f3656a))
+* Add support for multiplexed sessions ([#1383](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1383)) ([21f5028](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/21f5028c3fdf8b8632c1564efbd973b96711d03b))
+* Default enable multiplex session for all operations unless explicitly set to false ([#1394](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1394)) ([651ca9c](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/651ca9cd65c713ac59a7d8f55b52b9df5b4b6923))
+* **spanner:** Add new change_stream.proto ([#1382](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1382)) ([ca6255e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/ca6255e075944d863ab4be31a681fc7c27817e34))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* Skip gRPC trailers for StreamingRead & ExecuteStreamingSql ([#1385](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1385)) ([cb25de4](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/cb25de40b86baf83d0fb1b8ca015f798671319ee))
+
 ## [3.55.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.54.0...v3.55.0) (2025-05-28)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
index b7c2622867..9f754a9a74 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__ = "3.55.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.56.0"  # {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 b7c2622867..9f754a9a74 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__ = "3.55.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.56.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
index b7c2622867..9f754a9a74 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__ = "3.55.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.56.0"  # {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 f6bcc86bf4..f0d4300339 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": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.56.0"
   },
   "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 06d6291f45..b847191deb 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": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.56.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
index 727606e51f..9bf7db31cc 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": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.56.0"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {