diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 296af298bb..002d204586 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	bitbucket.org/creachadair/shell v0.0.7
-	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.51.0
+	cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.53.0
 	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/stackdriver v0.13.14
 	github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2 v2.51.0
 	github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2 v2.3.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8bea100895..d9822eaa53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EwwdRX2sKPjnvnqCa270oGRyludottCI76h+
 cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jhfEVHT8odbXTkndysNHCcx0awwzvfOlguIAii9o8iA=
 cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.3.1/go.mod h1:i+ucay31+CNRpDW4Lu78I4xXG+O1r/MAHgjpRVR+TSU=
 cloud.google.com/go/pubsub v1.33.0 h1:6SPCPvWav64tj0sVX/+npCBKhUi/UjJehy9op/V3p2g=
-cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.51.0 h1:l3exhhsVMKsx1E7Xd1QajYSvHmI1KZoWPW5tRxIIdvQ=
-cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.51.0/go.mod h1:c5KNo5LQ1X5tJwma9rSQZsXNBDNvj4/n8BVc3LNahq0=
+cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.53.0 h1:/NzWQJ1MEhdRcffiutRKbW/AIGVKhcTeivWTDjEyCCo=
+cloud.google.com/go/spanner v1.53.0/go.mod h1:liG4iCeLqm5L3fFLU5whFITqP0e0orsAW1uUSrd4rws=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.0.0/go.mod h1:IhtSnM/ZTZV8YYJWCY8RULGVqBDmpoyjwiyrjsg+URw=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.5.0/go.mod h1:tpKbwo567HUNpVclU5sGELwQWBDZ8gh0ZeosJ0Rtdos=
 cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.6.0/go.mod h1:N7U0C8pVQ/+NIKOBQyamJIeKQKkZ+mxpohlUTyfDhBk=