Merge branch 'main' into release-please--branches--main

Author: mpeddada1

google-cloud-bom/pom.xml

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-spanner-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>6.97.0</version>
+        <version>6.97.1</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>