From 5356c30d0f3229fe1589f7a3676d5f94eb578c8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:41:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(main): release 3.40.1

---
 .release-please-manifest.json                              | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                                               | 7 +++++++
 google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py    | 2 +-
 google/cloud/spanner_admin_instance_v1/gapic_version.py    | 2 +-
 google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py                   | 2 +-
 .../snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json | 2 +-
 .../snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json | 2 +-
 .../snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json                | 2 +-
 8 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 704d289d35..7ce5921b04 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "3.40.0"
+    ".": "3.40.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4d0febf42..9fed5da30c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.40.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.40.0...v3.40.1) (2023-08-17)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix to reload table when checking if table exists ([#1002](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1002)) ([53bda62](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/53bda62c4996d622b7a11e860841c16e4097bded))
+
 ## [3.40.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.39.0...v3.40.0) (2023-08-04)
 
 
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py
index 948adf5442..4f879f0e40 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__ = "3.40.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {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 948adf5442..4f879f0e40 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__ = "3.40.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
diff --git a/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py b/google/cloud/spanner_v1/gapic_version.py
index 948adf5442..4f879f0e40 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__ = "3.40.0"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {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 2dba67c96a..0ede9fccff 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": "3.40.0"
+    "version": "3.40.1"
   },
   "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 666a74a2d0..76f704e8fb 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": "3.40.0"
+    "version": "3.40.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {
diff --git a/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json b/samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json
index 0a774835ca..a645b19356 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": "3.40.0"
+    "version": "3.40.1"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {