chore(main): release 3.40.2

Author: release-please[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-    ".": "3.40.1"
+    ".": "3.40.2"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-spanner/#history
 
+## [3.40.2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.40.1...v3.40.2) (2023-10-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Require google-cloud-core >= 1.4.4 ([#1015](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/issues/1015)) ([a2f87b9](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/a2f87b9d9591562877696526634f0c7c4dd822dd))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Minor formatting ([498dba2](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/commit/498dba26a7c1a1cb710a92c0167272ff5c0eef27))
+
 ## [3.40.1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-spanner/compare/v3.40.0...v3.40.1) (2023-08-17)
 
 

google/cloud/spanner_admin_database_v1/gapic_version.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-__version__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.2"  # {x-release-please-version}

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__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.2"  # {x-release-please-version}

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__ = "3.40.1"  # {x-release-please-version}
+__version__ = "3.40.2"  # {x-release-please-version}

samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.database.v1.json

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     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-database",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.40.2"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {

samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.json

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     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.40.2"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {

samples/generated_samples/snippet_metadata_google.spanner.v1.json

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     ],
     "language": "PYTHON",
     "name": "google-cloud-spanner",
-    "version": "0.1.0"
+    "version": "3.40.2"
   },
   "snippets": [
     {